scent

Examples

• All

• Ahead of them, the hounds caught the scent of the quarry and broke into a run.

  Fiction book (1993)

• You know, we're gonna have to go back to my place, just to, you know, keep them off the scent.

  S1m0ne (2002)

• So I'll follow his scent.

  Los Angeles (2021)

• Think about the couch or the bed where your scent is the strongest.

• You search for signs of passing... ...for the scent of your prey... ...and then you hunt them down.

  Heat (1995)

• "Overhead, the sky rumbled and the air was filled with the pungent scent of approaching rain."

  Fiction book (1991)

• The dog followed the scent of the missing child through the woods.

• After hours of training, the dog could easily pick up the scent of its owner.

• Hunters rely on their dogs to track the scent of game animals in the forest.

Synonyms

S

smell

vsscent

605 1.0

A scent you notice with your nose

is a trace left by people or animals used to follow their path

O

odor

vsscent

• US

145 1.9

A strong or noticeable smell, often unpleasant like smoke

is a faint trace left by people or animals used to follow their path

Compounds

B

balsam scent

6.8

A sweet, fresh, woody smell like fir or pine

How Strong

reek

8 6.1

scent

89 3.5

aroma

74 1.6

whiff

60 3.2

trace

492 3.3

Surface Forms

Etymology