Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "smear" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Papanicolaou smear asmear besmear blood smear cervical smear leap smear marrow smear pap smear smear campaign smear case smear frame smear test smear the queer smear-case smearer smeary

Context

climbing medicine music

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accuse begrime bemire blemish calumniation calumny charge colly cover cytologic specimen defamation defect dirty error fault grime hatchet job mar mistake obloquy rub soil traducement

Type Of (IsA)

cytologic specimen defamation

Manner Of

dirty rub

Related Terms

attack bad bad name foothold glissando hold jazz make make mess maneuver mess name pap smear

Similar Terms

daub stain

Synonym Network

blot coat daub defame pap smear smudge spread streak

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.