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Antonyms for smooth sailing
Grammar : Noun |
Definition of smooth sailing
- As in picnic : noun easy undertaking
- As in snap : noun easy thing to accomplish
- As in plain sailing : noun easy path
- As in informality : noun ease
- As in ease : noun facility, freedom
- As in facility : noun ease; ability
- Some people seem to be born for fair weather and smooth sailing.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
- But you must not suppose it was all sunshine and smooth sailing for Bertie Rivers.
- Extract from : « Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) » by Various
- It was not all smooth sailing in that Home after Tim Lumpy entered it!
- Extract from : « Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished » by R.M. Ballantyne
- All settled down to enjoy the smooth sailing that was before them once more.
- Extract from : « Klondike Nuggets » by E. S. Ellis
- President Angell's administration, however, was by no means all smooth sailing.
- Extract from : « The University of Michigan » by Wilfred Shaw
- I did not have all smooth sailing, and, at times, I would all but give up.
- Extract from : « Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements » by Various
- All was not smooth sailing, however, even here in the wilderness.
- Extract from : « Historic Events of Colonial Days » by Rupert S. Holland
- It should be smooth sailing now that the hurdle of New York was past.
- Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson
- At least, to all outward appearances it had been smooth sailing.
- Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin » by Dorothy Wayne
- “It will not be all smooth sailing, you know, May,” he said.
- Extract from : « A Country Sweetheart » by Dora Russell
Synonyms for smooth sailing
- address
- adroitness
- affability
- aplomb
- aptitude
- bent
- breeze
- casualness
- child's play
- cinch
- cleverness
- competence
- composure
- dexterity
- dispatch
- duck soup
- ease
- easiness
- easy as pie
- easy going
- easy progress
- easy ride
- easygoingness
- efficiency
- effortlessness
- expertise
- expertness
- familiarity
- flexibility
- fluency
- informality
- insouciance
- kid stuff
- knack
- lark
- leaning
- liberty
- light work
- lightness
- naturalness
- no problem
- no trouble
- nonchalance
- picnic
- pie
- piece of cake
- poise
- proficiency
- propensity
- pushover
- quickness
- readiness
- relaxedness
- setup
- simplicity
- skill
- skillfulness
- smooth sailing
- smoothness
- snap
- soft touch
- spontaneity
- straight sailing
- sure thing
- tact
- turn
- unaffectedness
- unceremoniousness
- unconstraint
- unreservedness
- unrestraint
- walkover
- wit
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