Thesaurus:reek

Thesaurus

reek

English

Verb

Sense: to smell bad

Synonyms

• funk
• honk
• hum    [⇒ thesaurus]
• niff
• pong
• reek
• smell    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stink
• stink to high heaven
• whiff

Antonyms

• defunkify
• deodorize
• destinkify

Hyponyms

• foresmell
• knock a buzzard off a shit wagon (US, vulgar)
• outstink

Hypernyms

• have a smell

See also

• Thesaurus:malodorous
• Thesaurus:stench

Further reading

• “401. fetor” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “reek” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.