odorless

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UK/ˈəʊdələs/US/ˈoʊdɚləs/

adjective

Having no odor.

“They were taken unawares and overcome when the room filled with a lethal, odorless gas.”

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

adjectiveodorless (not comparable)

alternative Commonwealth odourless

  1. not comparableHaving no odor.

    They were taken unawares and overcome when the room filled with a lethal, odorless gas.

    2 more examples

    The garlion is a cross between the garlic and onion; the topeppo combines the tomato and the pepper. We have the odorless onion, the odorless cabbage, the lemon cucumber that grows on a vine but looks like a lemon, and a giant cucumber

    1936, The Reader's Digest, volume 29, page 99

    The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there.

    1995, John December, quoting Craig Jackson, The World Wide Web Unleashed, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams.net, →ISBN, page 450

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving no odor

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishodor
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishodorless

From odor + -less.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ἄνοσμος
  • ἄνοσμος (ánosmos)having no odor
Catalan inodor
  • inodorhaving no odor
Chinese Cantonese 無嗅 /无嗅
  • 無嗅 /无嗅 (mou⁴ cau³)having no odor
Chinese Mandarin 無臭 /无臭, 無嗅 /无嗅
  • 無臭 /无臭 (wúxiù)having no odor
  • 無嗅 /无嗅 (wúxiù)having no odor
Danish duftløs
  • duftløshaving no odor
Esperanto senodora
  • senodorahaving no odor
Finnish hajuton
  • hajutonhaving no odor
French inodore
  • inodorehaving no odor
German geruchlos
  • geruchloshaving no odor
Greek αμύριστος
  • αμύριστος (amýristos)having no odor
Hungarian szagtalan
  • szagtalanhaving no odor
Italian inodore
  • inodorehaving no odor
Japanese 無臭
  • 無臭 (mushū)having no odor
Latin inolens, inodōrus
  • inolenshaving no odor
  • inodōrushaving no odor
Norwegian Bokmål luktfri
  • luktfrihaving no odor
Polish bezwonny, bezzapachowy
  • bezwonnyhaving no odor
  • bezzapachowyhaving no odor
Portuguese inodoro
  • inodorohaving no odor
Punjabi ਗੰਧਹੀਣ
  • ਗੰਧਹੀਣ (gandhhīṇ)having no odor
Russian непа́хнущий, без за́паха
  • непа́хнущий (nepáxnuščij)having no odor
  • без за́паха (bez zápaxa)having no odor
Spanish inodoro, inoloro
  • inodorohaving no odor
  • inolorohaving no odor
Swedish luktlös, luktfri
  • luktlöshaving no odor
  • luktfrihaving no odor
Tagalog walang-amoy
  • walang-amoyhaving no odor
Turkish kokusuz
  • kokusuzhaving no odor
Welsh diaroglau
  • diaroglauhaving no odor

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Cite this entry
APA

odorless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odorless

MLA

“odorless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odorless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “odorless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odorless.

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