Synonyms of the word

smelling

• v. present participle of smell.
• v. Used in adjectival compounds.
• n. The act by which something is smelled.

odorous

• adj. Having a distinctive odor.

perception

• n. Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
• n. Conscious understanding of something.
• n. Vision (ability).
• n. Acuity.
• n. (cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through…

redolent

• adj. Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
• adj. Having the smell of the article in question.
• adj. (idiomatic) Suggestive or reminiscent.

sensing

• v. present participle of sense.
• n. The act of sensation.

smell

• n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals,…
• n. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
• v. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
• v. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or…
• v. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
• v. (obsolete) To exercise sagacity.
• v. To detect or perceive; often with out.
• v. (obsolete) To give heed to.