smooth
the act of smoothing
- he gave his hair a quick smooth
• Hypernyms:
accomplishment, achievement
1. make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing (Freq. 7)
- smooth the surface of the wood
• Syn:
smoothen
• Ant:
roughen
• See Also:
smooth over
• Derivationally related forms:
smoother
• Hypernyms:
change surface
• Hyponyms:
strip, launch, rake, plane, float,
sandpaper, sand, sandblast, file
• Entailment:
rub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make (a surface) shine (Freq. 1)
- shine the silver, please
- polish my shoes
• Syn:
polish, smoothen, shine
• Derivationally related forms:
shining (for: shine), polish (for: polish), polisher (for: polish), polishing (for: polish)
• Hypernyms:
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
• Hyponyms:
Simonize, Simonise, slick, sleek, buff,
burnish, furbish, gloss
• Entailment:
rub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They smooth the glass tubes
3. free from obstructions
- smooth the way towards peace negotiations
• Syn:
smooth out
• Hypernyms:
rid, free, disembarrass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
1. having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities (Freq. 11)
- smooth skin
- a smooth tabletop
- smooth fabric
- a smooth road
- water as smooth as a mirror
• Ant:
rough
• Similar to:
creaseless, uncreased, even-textured, fast, fine-textured,
smooth-textured, glassy, seamless, unlined, unseamed, streamlined,
aerodynamic, flowing, sleek, velvet, velvety, velvet-textured
• See Also:
even, fine, ironed, slippery, slippy
• Derivationally related forms:
smoothness
2. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication (Freq. 3)
- he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage
- the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error
• Syn:
politic, suave, bland
• Similar to:
diplomatic, diplomatical
• Derivationally related forms:
blandness (for: bland), suaveness (for: suave), suavity (for: suave), smoothness
3. of the margin of a leaf shape;
not broken up into teeth (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
rough
• Similar to:
entire, repand, sinuate, undulate, unnotched, untoothed
• See Also:
simple, unsubdivided, compound
• Derivationally related forms:
smoothness
• Topics:
botany, phytology
4. smooth and unconstrained in movement (Freq. 1)
- a long, smooth stride
- the fluid motion of a cat
- the liquid grace of a ballerina
• Syn:
fluent, fluid, liquid
• Similar to:
graceful
• Derivationally related forms:
smoothness
5. (music) without breaks between notes;
smooth and connected
- a legato passage
• Syn:
legato
• Ant:
staccato (for: legato)
• Derivationally related forms:
smoothness
• Topics:
music
6. of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- a smooth ride
• Ant:
rough
• Derivationally related forms:
smoothness
7. lacking obstructions or difficulties
- the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly
• Similar to:
easy
• Derivationally related forms:
smoothness
8. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay
- the quiet waters of a lagoon
- a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky
- a smooth channel crossing
- scarcely a ripple on the still water
- unruffled water
• Syn:
placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled
• Similar to:
calm
• Derivationally related forms:
smoothness, tranquility (for: tranquil), tranquillity (for: tranquil), stillness (for: still), quietness (for: quiet), placidness (for: placid)
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