Fragrant
What it means
Having a pleasant, sweet, or appealing smell.
Reach for it when describing something with a pleasant or sweet smell
Fragrant jasmine climbed the wall beside the reading bench.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
fresh-smelling
Fits when clean recent air or washing is the impression
Careful Fresh-smelling conveys cleanliness, not floral fragrance.
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everyday
scented
Fits when fragrance was added or is clearly present
Careful Scented often implies artificial fragrance.
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warm
sweet-smelling
Fits when plain praise should make pleasant odor explicit
Careful The phrase is too simple for technical scent description.
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professional
Fits when a noticeable scent comes from spices, plants, or food
Careful Aromatic can be strong without being pleasant.
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literary
perfumed
Fits when a deliberate sweet scent is prominent
Careful Perfumed can suggest excess and is wrong for natural bread or herbs.
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literary
redolent
Fits when the subject is strongly evocative of a named scent
Careful Redolent normally needs 'of' and can describe unpleasant odors.
Opposites 3
- malodorous
- stinking
- odorless
Common phrases 3
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fragrant flowers
Fragrant flowers bordered the reading bench.
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fragrant herbs
The cook added fragrant herbs to the broth.
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fragrant with
The courtyard was fragrant with jasmine.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Neskaya, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated