olfactive

1. 1.

   of or relating to olfaction

   Synonymsolfactory

Questions about olfactive

What does olfactive mean?

olfactive means "of or relating to olfaction".

How many syllables are in olfactive?

olfactive has 3 syllables and divides as ol-fac-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for olfactive?

Close synonyms include olfactory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is olfactive a common word?

olfactive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.