scenting

The word “scenting” has 2 syllables: scent-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈsɛn.tɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for scenting?

In the thesaurus, “scenting” has 55 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for scenting along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for scenting

  • anticipating
  • ascertaining
  • assuming
  • beholding
  • breathing
  • conjecturing
  • descrying
  • discerning
  • discovering
  • distinguishing
  • divining
  • espying
  • expecting
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • feeling
  • finding out
  • foreknowing
  • foreseeing
  • guessing
  • hearing
  • incensing
  • inhaling
  • learning
  • nosing
  • noticing
  • noting
  • observing
  • odorizing
  • perceiving
  • perfuming
  • presuming
  • realizing
  • regarding
  • remarking
  • respiring
  • savoring
  • savouring
  • seeing
  • sensing
  • sighting
  • smelling
  • sniffing
  • snorting
  • snuffing
  • snuffling
  • speculating
  • spying
  • supposing
  • surmising
  • suspecting
  • tasting
  • viewing
  • whiffing
  • witnessing

Antonyms for scenting

  • deodorizing
  • stinking up

Meanings of scenting

  • verb
    1. To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
    2. To have a suspicion of.
    3. To impart an odour to.
    4. To have a smell.
    5. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
  • noun
    1. The act or process by which something is scented.

Example Sentences

  • The dog was scenting the ground, tracking something in the distance.
  • She spent the afternoon scenting homemade candles with lavender oil.
  • Hunters rely on dogs for scenting game in the forest.
  • He was scenting the air as if he recognized a familiar perfume.
  • The company is now scenting their packaging to enhance customer experience.

On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scenting, such as: anticipating, ascertaining, assuming, beholding, breathing, conjecturing, deodorizing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • accepting
  • anticipating
  • appreciate
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  • assay
  • assimilating
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  • be exposed to
  • beholding
  • bite
  • chew
  • come up against
  • conjecturing
  • criticize
  • descrying
  • differentiate
  • digesting
  • discern
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  • discovering
  • distinguish
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  • divining
  • eat
  • encounter
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  • enduring
  • enjoy
  • espying
  • expecting
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  • eyeing
  • eying
  • feel
  • feeling
  • finding out
  • foreknowing
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  • going through
  • guessing
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  • having
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  • learning
  • lick
  • meet with
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  • noticing
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  • partake
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  • passing
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  • receiving
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  • scenting
  • seeing
  • sense
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  • speculating
  • spying
  • suffering
  • supposing
  • surmising
  • suspecting
  • sustaining
  • test
  • touch
  • try the flavor of
  • undergo
  • undergoing
  • viewing
  • witnessing

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