ADJECTIVE | all | smooth | having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
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all | smooth, politic, suave, bland | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | |
all | smooth | of the margin of a leaf shape | |
all | smooth, fluent, fluid, liquid | smooth and unconstrained in movement | |
all | smooth, legato | (music) without breaks between notes | |
all | smooth | of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence | |
all | smooth | lacking obstructions or difficulties | |
all | smooth, placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | |
VERB | contact | smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
contact | smooth, polish, smoothen, shine | make (a surface) shine | |
possession | smooth, smooth out | free from obstructions | |
NOUN | act | smooth | the act of smoothing |
Sounds | smuw'dh | |
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Rhymes | soothe |
Meaning | Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities. | |
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Narrower | creaseless, uncreased | Used especially of fabrics |
even-textured | Having an even texture | |
fast | (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds | |
fine-textured, smooth-textured | Having a smooth, fine-grained structure | |
glassy | resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness | |
seamless, unlined, unseamed | Smooth, especially of skin | |
streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek | Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow | |
velvet, velvety, velvet-textured | smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste | |
See also | even | Level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture |
fine | Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles | |
finished | (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final / final state | |
ironed | (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron | |
slippery, slippy | Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide | |
Opposite | rough, unsmooth | Having or caused by an irregular surface |
Spanish | liso, llano, suave | |
Catalan | llis, suau | |
Nouns | smoothness | a texture without roughness |
Meaning | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. | |
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Example | "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" | |
Synonyms | politic, suave, bland | |
Broader | diplomatic, diplomatical | Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people |
Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner |
Adverbs | smoothly | in a smooth and diplomatic manner |
Meaning | Of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth. | |
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Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
Narrower | entire | (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge |
repand | Having a slightly undulating margin | |
sinuate | Having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex | |
undulate | Having a wavy margin and rippled surface | |
unnotched, untoothed | Having no notches | |
See also | compound | Composed of more than one part |
simple, unsubdivided | (botany) of leaf shapes | |
Opposite | rough | Of the margin of a leaf shape |
Spanish | liso | |
Nouns | smoothness | the quality of having a level and even surface |
Meaning | Smooth and unconstrained in movement. | |
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Example | "a long, smooth stride" | |
Synonyms | fluent, fluid, liquid | |
Broader | graceful | Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution |
Spanish | fluido, ligero | |
Catalan | fluent, fluid, lleuger | |
Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being free from errors or interruptions / interruptions |
Meaning | (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected. | |
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Synonym | legato | |
Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
Opposite | staccato, disconnected | (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds |
Spanish | fluido, legato | |
Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being free from errors or interruptions / interruptions |
Meaning | Of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence. | |
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Example | "a smooth ride" | |
Opposite | rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy | Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements |
Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being free from errors or interruptions / interruptions |
Meaning | lacking obstructions or difficulties. | |
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Example | "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly" | |
Broader | easy | posing no difficulty |
Spanish | llano | |
Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being free from errors or interruptions / interruptions |
Adverbs | smoothly | with no problems or difficulties |
Meaning | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves. | |
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Example | "a smooth channel crossing" | |
Synonyms | placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled | |
Broader | calm | (of weather) free from storm or wind |
Spanish | apacible, calmado, calmo, plácido, quieto, sereno, sosegado, tranquilo | |
Catalan | assossegat, calmat, plàcid, quiet, serè, tranquil | |
Nouns | smoothness | the quality of having a level and even surface |
Meaning | The act of smoothing. | |
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Example | "he gave his hair a quick smooth" | |
Broader | accomplishment, achievement | The action of accomplishing something |
Verbs | smooth | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
Meaning | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "smooth the surface of the wood" | |
Synonym | smoothen | |
Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
Entailed by | strickle, strike | Smooth with a strickle |
Narrower | file | Smooth with a file |
float | make the surface of level or smooth | |
launch | smoothen the surface of | |
plane | make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane | |
rake | Level or smooth with a rake | |
sandblast | grind with a sandblast | |
sandpaper, sand | rub with sandpaper | |
strip | Remove the thread (of screws) | |
Broader | change surface | Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |
See also | smooth over | treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly |
Opposite | roughen | make rough or rougher |
Spanish | alisar, suavizar | |
Catalan | assuaujar, assuavir, polir, suavitzar | |
Nouns | smooth | the act of smoothing |
smoother | a power tool used for sanding wood |
Meaning | make (a surface) shine. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They smooth the glass tubes | |
Synonyms | polish, smoothen, shine | |
Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
Narrower | Simonize, Simonise | polish with wax |
buff, burnish, furbish | polish and make shiny | |
gloss | Give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing | |
slick, sleek | make slick or smooth | |
Broader | fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify | make more beautiful |
Spanish | abrillantar, acicalar, bruñir, cepillar, lustrar, pulir | |
Catalan | brunyir, enllustrar, llustrar, lustrar, polir, raspallar |
Meaning | Free from obstructions. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "smooth the way towards peace negotiations" | |
Synonym | smooth out | |
Broader | rid, free, disembarrass | relieve from |
Spanish | alisar, allanar, arreglar | |
Catalan | allisar, aplanar, reparar |
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