reek

1. 1.

   a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

   Synonymsmalodormalodourstenchstinkfetorfoetormephitis

   Broadersmell

   Narrowerniff

Other forms of reek

plural

reeks·

past tense

reeked·

present participle

reeking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reek

What does reek mean?

reek means "have an element suggestive (of something)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reek?

reek has 1 syllable: reek. In IPA it is /ˈɹik/.

What is another word for reek?

Close synonyms include smack, smell, stink, fume, malodor. 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 reek a common word?

reek is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reek?

1 word rhymes with reek. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.