Synonyms for smooth
Noun
- 1. smooth, accomplishment, achievement
- usage: the act of smoothing; "he gave his hair a quick smooth"
Verb
- 1. smooth, smoothen, change surface, smooth over
- usage: make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood"
- 2. polish, smooth, smoothen, shine, beautify, embellish, prettify
- usage: (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
- 3. smooth, smooth out, rid, free, disembarr
- usage: free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace negociations"
Adjective
- 1. smooth (vs. rough), creaseless, uncreased, fast, glassy, glossy, satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick, seamless, unlined, unseamed, velvet, velvety, waxlike, waxy, ceraceous, marmoreal, marmorean, even, fine, ironed, slippery#1, slippy
- usage: having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"
- 2. politic, smooth, suave, diplomatic (vs. undiplomatic), diplomatical
- usage: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound
- 3. smooth (vs. rough), entire, repand, sinuate, undulate, unnotched, untoothed, simple#6, unsubdivided, compound
- usage: of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- 4. unwrinkled, smooth, unfurrowed (vs. furrowed)
- usage: not marked with wrinkles; "unwrinkled cheeks"
- 5. flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth, graceful (vs. awkward)
- usage: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
- 6. legato (vs. staccato), smooth
- usage: without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage"
- 7. uncrannied (vs. crannied), smooth
- usage: without chinks or crannies
- 8. smooth, easy (vs. difficult)
- usage: lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
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