on the scent

ADJECTIVE

following

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coming consecutive ensuing subsequent succeeding successive

STRONG

attendant back hinder latter posterior pursuing rear resulting serial specified then trailing

WEAK

a while later after a while afterward coming after coming next consequent consequential directly after henceforth in pursuit in search of in the wake of later later on next next off presently proximate sequent sequential seriate supervenient when

Antonyms

STRONG

front preceding

WEAK

first leading

Example Sentences

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Bear, an 11-year-old Australian Koolie, was one of the first dogs in the country to be trained on the scent of koala fur.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Officers have discontinued vehicle and person searches that are conducted based solely on the scent of marijuana.

From Fox News • Jun. 7, 2021

She picks it up and sprays it into the air, and the gallery takes on the scent of a high school dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2018

In his tenth decade, he is still a free-form outsider seeking untried situations, fresh leaps — and nothing pleases him more than picking up on the scent of something exceptional.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2015

With his mind’s eye, Bernard saw' the needle on the scent meter creeping round and round, antlike, indefatigable.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

on the scent

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