sweet-scented

adjective

Synonym of sweet-smelling.

Meanings

adjectivesweet-scented (comparative more sweet-scented or sweeter-scented, superlative most sweet-scented or sweetest-scented)

comparative more sweet-scented · comparative sweeter-scented · superlative most sweet-scented · superlative sweetest-scented · alternative sweet scented

  1. Synonym of sweet-smelling.

    If only this photo had a scratch-and-sniff feature! 'Double Delight' is one of the strongest- and sweetest-scented roses in Maarse's garden.

    2014 September 16, Robert Lachman, “A tour of florist Jacob Maarse's 3-acre rose garden”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC
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    She spent there only two months, but that was enough for her to fail in love with this sunny and colorful island. Its "salmon-red cliffs, its "sweetest-scented hillsides in the world," its Genoese citadels and fortresses towering out of rock, literally conquered her heart.

    1926 August 15, Alexander I. Nazaroff, “Corsica Is Off the Beaten Track of Tourists […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025

    Synonyms: sweet-smelling

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of sweet-smelling.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving a natural fragrance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

sweet-scented. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet-scented

MLA

“sweet-scented.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet-scented. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweet-scented,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet-scented.

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