What does sweet-smelling mean?

sweet-smelling means "having a natural fragrance".

How many syllables are in sweet-smelling?

sweet-smelling has 3 syllables: sweet--smel-ling. The stress falls on "sweet-".

What is another word for sweet-smelling?

Close synonyms include odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet. 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 sweet-smelling a common word?

sweet-smelling 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.

sweet-smelling — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having a natural fragrance
“odoriferous spices”
“the odorous air of the orchard”
“the perfumed air of June”
“scented flowers”
Synonymsodoriferous odorous perfumed scented sweet sweet-scented
Similarfragrant

Questions about sweet-smelling

What does sweet-smelling mean?: sweet-smelling means "having a natural fragrance".
How many syllables are in sweet-smelling?: sweet-smelling has 3 syllables: sweet--smel-ling. The stress falls on "sweet-".
What is another word for sweet-smelling?: Close synonyms include odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet. 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 sweet-smelling a common word?: sweet-smelling 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sweet-smelling come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having a natural fragrance
“odoriferous spices”
“the odorous air of the orchard”
“the perfumed air of June”
“scented flowers”
Synonymsodoriferous odorous perfumed scented sweet sweet-scented
Similarfragrant

Questions about sweet-smelling

What does sweet-smelling mean?: sweet-smelling means "having a natural fragrance".
How many syllables are in sweet-smelling?: sweet-smelling has 3 syllables: sweet--smel-ling. The stress falls on "sweet-".
What is another word for sweet-smelling?: Close synonyms include odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet. 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 sweet-smelling a common word?: sweet-smelling 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sweet-smelling come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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