odor

[ oh-der ]
/ ˈoʊ dər /

noun

Also especially British, o·dour.

Origin of odor

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin

SYNONYMS FOR odor

3 aroma, redolence, perfume. Odor, smell, scent, stench all refer to sensations perceived through the nose by the olfactory nerves. Odor and smell in literal contexts are often interchangeable. Figuratively, odor also usually occurs in positive contexts: the odor of sanctity. Smell is the most general and neutral of these two terms, deriving connotation generally from the context in which it is used: the tempting smell of fresh-baked bread; the rank smell of rotting vegetation. In figurative contexts smell may be either positive or negative: the sweet smell of success; a strong smell of duplicity pervading the affair. Scent refers either to delicate and pleasing aromas or to faint, barely perceptible smells: the scent of lilacs on the soft spring breeze; deer alarmed by the scent of man. Stench is strongly negative, referring both literally and figuratively to what is foul, sickening, or repulsive: the stench of rotting flesh; steeped in the stench of iniquity and treason.

OTHER WORDS FROM odor

o·dor·ful, adjective o·dor·less, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for odorless

British Dictionary definitions for odorless

odor
/ (ˈəʊdə) /

noun

the US spelling of odour

Derived forms of odor

odorless, adjective

Medical definitions for odorless

odor
[ ōdər ]

n.

The property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell.
A sensation, stimulation, or perception of the sense of smell.