Smooth

//smuːð//

Synonyms for "smooth" (684 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (137)

easy even flowing fluent glassy polish suave unruffled abrasive accordant acomous acute adipose adulatory agreeable aid alabaster align alike all jaw

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allay ameliorate appease arch arrowlike artful articulate articulated assimilate assimilate to assuage astute at rest attenuate attenuated automatic balance balanced bald bald-headed balmy bare beardless believable bland blandishing blarneying blubbery buff burnish burnished buttery butyraceous cagey cajoling calender calm calm down candid canny casual catenated ceaseless chatty chrismal chrismatory ciceronian civilized clean clean-shaven clear clear the way clever cloistered coarsen communicative complimentary compose concatenated conciliate concinnate concinnous connected conniving consistent consonant constant continual continued continuing continuous conversational cool correspondent courteous courtierly courtly cradle crafty creaseless credible cunning cursive cushy cute cyclic cyclical dab dainty damp dead straight debonair deceitful deep deep-laid defuse delicate demosthenian demosthenic depilated depilous designing devious dexterous diplomatic direct disarming disentangle disingenuous downy drag dress dub

Verb(2 words)

smoothen blur

Adjective(1 words)

bland

Adjective(1 words)

downy

Strong matches (205)

dulcet dulcify dwindling ease easy as pie ebbing effortless effusive elegant eloquent endless entire equable equal equalize equilibrize euphonic euphonical euphonious even out

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even textured even-tenored evenly expansive expedite explain extend facile facilitate facund faint fair spoken fair-spoken fast fat fatty fawning featureless felicitous feline fell filmy fine fine drawn fine grained fine spoken fine-drawn fine-grained fine-spoken finespun finished flat flatly flatten flattened flattering flip fluffy flush foxy frank free fulsome furbish fuzzy gabby gapless garrulous gassy gauzy gentle glabrate glabrescent glabrous glass glib gloss over glossy gossamer gossamery gossipy graceful grade grain granulate grease grease the ways grease the wheels greasy gregarious grind guileful gushing gushy hairless halcyon harmonious harmonize harrow hasten help help along homaloidal homogeneous homogenize honey-mouthed honey-tongued honeyed horizontal hush hushed hypocritical ice immediate immutable impassive in a line incessant ingenious ingratiating insidious insincere insinuating interminable invariable inventive iron isolated ivory joined jointless knowing lardaceous lardy lay lay down lay flat lay level lay low lay out lay the dust legato leiotrichous lenient lessen level light lineal linear linked long winded long-winded loose loquacious lubricate lull machiavellian machiavellic make clear make uniform make way for mangle marble mealymouthed measured mechanical mellow methodic methodical mickey mouse mild minimize mitigate moldering mollify monolithic monotonous mow mucoid multiloquent multiloquious naked never ending never-ending newsy nonchalant nonstop normalize nothing to it obsequious of a piece offhand oil oily

Adjective(7 words)

even flat fluid frictionless lanate level nonabrasive

Adjective(4 words)

fluent fluid legato liquid

Related words (342)

oily-tongued oleaginous oleic open open the way open up ordered orderly overtalkative pacific pacify painless palliate pave pave the way pawky peaceable peaceful perennial perfect

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periodic persistent persuasive placate placid plain plane planish plaster plausible pleasant pleasing polished polite politic pour balm into pour balm on prepare prepare the way press prime prolix propitiate pubescent put straight quell quicken quiescent quiet rase raze ready rectify rectilineal rectilinear recurrent reduce refine refined regular regularize regulate remove friction repand repetitive reposeful reposing resourceful rest restful resting rich right robotlike rock rock to sleep roll roll flat rolled roller roughen round round-the-clock royal rub up ruler-straight run interference for running sand sandblast sandpaper satin satiny scheming seamless sebaceous secluded sequestered sequestrated serene serpentine serried set straight sharp shave shaven sheltered shifty shine shiny shrewd silk silken silky silver silver tongued silver-tongued simple simple as abc simplify sinuate sit up sleek slick slicker slide slimy slippery slobbery sly smarmy smooth down smooth out smooth over smooth textured smooth the way smooth tongued smooth-faced smooth-running smooth-shaven smooth-sounding smooth-spoken smooth-textured smooth-tongued smoothed out smoothen smoothened smoother smoothly smug snaky sneaky soap the ways soapy sociable soft soft spoken soft-soaping soft-spoken soften soignee soothe soothing sophistical sophisticated speed spellbinding spread squashed squashed flat stabilize stable stand up standardize steadfast steady stealthy steamroll steamroller stereotype still still as death stillish stilly stoic stolid straight straight-cut straight-front straight-side straighten straighten out straighten up straightforward strategic streamlined suave-spoken subdue subsiding subtile subtle suety supple sweet sycophantic symmetrical symmetrize syrupy systematic tabloid tabular tactical take the edge off talkative talky tallowy temper thin-spun tonsured tooth tranquil tranquilize trickish tricksy tricky tripping trodden trodden flat true tullian tuneful twenty-four-hour unagitated unbar unbend unbending unbent unblock unbowed unbroken unburdensome unceasing unchangeable unchanged unchanging unclog uncluttered uncomplicated unconstrained unctuous uncurl uncurved undeflected undeviating undifferentiated undistorted undisturbed undiversified undulate unending uneventful unguent unguentary unguentous uniform uniformize uniformly unintermitted unintermittent unintermitting uninterrupted unjam unkink unlined unmoved unnotched unobstructed unperturbed unrelieved unremitting unrough unroughened unseamed unsnarl unstirring unstopped unswerving untroubled untroublesome unturned unvaried unvarying upright urbane velutinous velvet velvet textured velvety verbose vertical vocalize voluble vulpine waning wary well-ordered well-spoken wheedling wily windy winning wiredrawn wise wrinkle free wrinkleless

Verb(5 words)

pet polish shine smooth out unwrinkle

Adjective(7 words)

placid politic quiet still suave tranquil unruffled

Adjective(15 words)

plain-sailing seamless silken silklike silky sleek slick slight struggleless unlined velutinous velvety vitreous wrinkle-free wrinkleless

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

15 relation types

More general

10 entries

accomplishment achievement beautify change surface disembarrass embellish fancify free prettify rid

More specific

1 entries

glossy

Antonyms

6 entries

bumpy non smooth rough roughen uneven

Synonyms

6 entries

even fluent legato polish suave unruffled

Related terms

3 entries

smooth as a baby's bottom smooth as glass smooth as silk

dbpedia genre

1 entries

punk rock

derived

68 entries

a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor besmooth buttery smooth nonsmoothness piecewise smooth silky smooth smooth alder smooth as a baby's bottom smooth as a baby's bum smooth as butter smooth as eggs smooth as oil smooth as silk smooth away smooth azalea smooth bedstraw

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distinct from

1 entries

rough

entails

1 entries

rub

has context

10 entries

botany classical studies digital audio image processing linguistics math mathematics medicine statistics west country

holonym

7 entries

glabrous polished reflective slippery soft still unwrinkled

is a

3 entries

accomplishment album sensation

manner of

2 entries

change surface rid

related to

60 entries

adjective analysis animal as silk aspiration astringent bland coat compound derivative difficulty domain even factor feeling fine

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similar

51 entries

aerodynamic calm compound creaseless diplomatic diplomatical easy entire even even textured even-textured fast

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Translations

329 translations across 103 languages.

Amharic

1 entries

ለስላሳ adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

λίσπος adj (bland; glib)
λεῖος adj (lacking friction, not rough)
λισσός adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Arabic

4 entries

أَمْلَس adj (lacking friction, not rough)
مالس adj (lacking friction, not rough)
ناعم adj (lacking friction, not rough)
نَاعِم adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Armenian

2 entries

հարթ adj (lacking friction, not rough)
ողորկ adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Aromanian

3 entries

buimatcu adj (lacking friction, not rough)
duzi adj (lacking friction, not rough)
ischiu adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Asturian

1 entries

llisu adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

hamar adj (lacking friction, not rough)
rəvan adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Belarusian

1 entries

гла́дкі adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

चिकन adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гла́дък adj (lacking friction, not rough)
гладък adj (without difficulty)
гладък adj (food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture)
мек adj (beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent)

Burmese

1 entries

ချော adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Catalan

2 entries

llis adj (lacking friction, not rough)
allisar verb (make smooth)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

لووس adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Chamicuro

1 entries

pya'sino adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Chechen

1 entries

шера adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᏩᎾᏕᏍᎩ adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

光滑 adj (lacking friction, not rough)
光滑 adj (mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain)
圓滑 /圆滑 adj (suave; sophisticated)
平滑 adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Church Slavic

1 entries

гладъкъ adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

tegiz adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Czech

3 entries

hladká adj (mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain)
hladký adj (lacking friction, not rough)
hladký adj (without difficulty)

Dalmatian

1 entries

lois adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Danish

4 entries

glat adj (lacking friction, not rough)
glat adj (mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain)
glatte verb (make smooth)
udglatte verb (make smooth)

Dutch

4 entries

fijn adj (food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture)
fijn adj (beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent)
glad adj (lacking friction, not rough)
glad adj (bland; glib)

Esperanto

2 entries

glata adj (lacking friction, not rough)
glatigi verb (make smooth)

Estonian

1 entries

sile adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Even

1 entries

булдути adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Finnish

4 entries

ilman henkäystä adj (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration)
kitkaton adj (without difficulty)
lipevä adj (bland; glib)
pehmeä adj (edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated)

French

4 entries

douce adj (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration)
doux adj (without difficulty)
facile adj (without difficulty)
lisse adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Friulian

2 entries

lis adj (lacking friction, not rough)
vualîf adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Galician

1 entries

liso adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Georgian

1 entries

გლუვი adj (lacking friction, not rough)

German

4 entries

glatt adj (lacking friction, not rough)
glatt adj (without difficulty)
glatt adj (bland; glib)
glatt adj (mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Greek

4 entries

ήπιος adj (bland; glib)
ακύμαντος adj (placid, calm)
απαλός adj (lacking friction, not rough)
γλυκομίλητος adj (suave; sophisticated)

Hawaiian

2 entries

paheʻe adj (lacking friction, not rough)
ʻōmolemole adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Hebrew

1 entries

חָלָק adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Hindi

1 entries

चिकना adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Hungarian

4 entries

finom adj (suave; sophisticated)
folytonos adj (motion: unbroken)
lekerekített adj (edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated)
sima adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Icelandic

1 entries

sléttur adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Ido

2 entries

glata adj (lacking friction, not rough)
glatigar verb (make smooth)

Indonesian

2 entries

halus adj (lacking friction, not rough)
mulus adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Ingrian

1 entries

lakkia adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Ingush

1 entries

шаьра adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Irish

4 entries

caoin adj (lacking friction, not rough)
mín adj (lacking friction, not rough)
réidh adj (without difficulty)
réidh adj (action: natural; unconstrained)

Italian

4 entries

blando adj (bland; glib)
dolce adj (without difficulty)
facile adj (without difficulty)
liscio adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Japanese

2 entries

スムース adj (without difficulty)
滑らかな adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Kapampangan

1 entries

malinatnat adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Kashubian

1 entries

głôdczi adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Kazakh

1 entries

тегіс adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

tǖlīnglīng adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Korean

1 entries

매끄럽다 adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Latgalian

2 entries

gludons adj (lacking friction, not rough)
gluds adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Latin

4 entries

glaber adj (lacking friction, not rough)
lēvis adj (lacking friction, not rough)
teres adj (lacking friction, not rough)
poliō verb (make smooth)

Latvian

1 entries

gluds adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

gładki adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

glat adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Macedonian

4 entries

гла́док adj (lacking friction, not rough)
ле́сен adj (without difficulty)
ма́зен adj (lacking friction, not rough)
ма́зен adj (without difficulty)

Malay

1 entries

licin adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Middle English

4 entries

smethe adj (lacking friction, not rough)
smethe adj (food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture)
smothe adj (lacking friction, not rough)
smothe adj (placid, calm)

Moksha

1 entries

вадря adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Mongolian

3 entries

гөлгөр adj (lacking friction, not rough)
дөлгөөн adj (placid, calm)
тэгш adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Māori

4 entries

koutata adj (lacking friction, not rough)
moani adj (without difficulty)
mohimohi adj (lacking friction, not rough)
monemone adj (edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated)

Navajo

1 entries

dilkǫǫh adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

hilû adj (lacking friction, not rough)
lûs adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Northern Sami

1 entries

livttis adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Occitan

1 entries

lis adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Old English

1 entries

smēþe adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Old Occitan

1 entries

lis adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Persian

1 entries

لیز adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Polish

1 entries

gładki adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Portuguese

4 entries

liso adj (lacking friction, not rough)
liso adj (edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated)
suave adj (without difficulty)
suave adj (bland; glib)

Quechua

1 entries

api adj (food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture)

Romanian

3 entries

lin adj (lacking friction, not rough)
lis adj (lacking friction, not rough)
neted adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Romansch

1 entries

glisch adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Russian

3 entries

гла́дкий adj (lacking friction, not rough)
гла́дкий adj (without difficulty)
пла́вный adj (motion: unbroken)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

mìn adj (lacking friction, not rough)
socrach adj (lacking friction, not rough)
sèimh adj (lacking friction, not rough)
tlàth adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

glȁdak adj (lacking friction, not rough)
гла̏дак adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Sicilian

1 entries

lisciu adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Slovak

1 entries

hladký adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Slovene

1 entries

gladek adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Spanish

4 entries

apacible adj (placid, calm)
constante adj (motion: unbroken)
glaxo adj (lacking friction, not rough)
liso adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Sundanese

2 entries

lemes adj (lacking friction, not rough)
lemes adj (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration)

Swahili

4 entries

laini adj (lacking friction, not rough)
laini adj (without difficulty)
laini adj (bland; glib)
laini adj (suave; sophisticated)

Swedish

4 entries

glatt adj (lacking friction, not rough)
hal adj (lacking friction, not rough)
jämn adj (lacking friction, not rough)
len adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Tagalog

1 entries

makinis adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Tahitian

1 entries

hinuhinu adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Tarantino

1 entries

lisse adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Telugu

1 entries

నున్నటి adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Thai

1 entries

เรียบ adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ṣmare adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Turkish

3 entries

düz adj (lacking friction, not rough)
kibar adj (suave; sophisticated)
pürüzsüz adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Ukrainian

2 entries

гладки́й adj (lacking friction, not rough)
пла́вний adj (motion: unbroken)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

hładki adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Uzbek

1 entries

tekis adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Venetan

2 entries

gałivo adj (lacking friction, not rough)
guałivo adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Vietnamese

2 entries

mượt adj (lacking friction, not rough)
trơn adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Vilamovian

1 entries

głōt adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Volapük

1 entries

smufik adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Welsh

2 entries

esmwyth adj (lacking friction, not rough)
llyfn adj (lacking friction, not rough)

White Hmong

1 entries

du adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Yiddish

1 entries

גלאַט adj (lacking friction, not rough)

Zealandic

1 entries

glad adj (lacking friction, not rough)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

tshxâli verb (make smooth)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The sea was as smooth as glass.

Source: tatoeba (22225)

The sea looks calm and smooth.

Source: tatoeba (22227)

I was easily taken in by his smooth talk.

Source: tatoeba (30221)

It's nice to drive on a smooth road.

Source: tatoeba (36261)

Showing 4 of 48 available sentences.

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