Synonyms for smooth
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : smooth |
| Phonetic Transcription : smuð |
Top 10 synonyms for smooth Other synonyms for the word smooth
- agreeable
- allay
- appease
- assuage
- bland
- burnish
- calm
- clear
- comfort
- courteous
- courtly
- equable
- even
- extenuate
- facile
- flatten
- fluent
- fluid
- flush
- frictionless
- genial
- gentle
- glassy
- glaze
- glib
- gloss
- glossy
- grade
- hairless
- horizontal
- ingratiating
- invariable
- iron
- iron out
- lay
- level
- lustrous
- make uniform
- mellow
- mild
- mirrorlike
- mitigate
- mollify
- monotonous
- palliate
- pat
- pave the way
- peaceful
- perfect
- persuasive
- plain
- planate
- plane
- pleasant
- polish
- polished
- polite
- press
- quiet
- refine
- regular
- rhythmic
- rippleless
- round
- sand
- serene
- shaven
- shiny
- silky
- sleek
- slick
- smarmy
- soft
- soften
- soothing
- stable
- steady
- still
- stroke
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- tranquil
- unbroken
- unctuous
- undeviating
- undisturbed
- uneventful
- uniform
- uninterrupted
- unruffled
- untroubled
- unvarying
- urbane
- varnish
- velvety
Définition of smooth
Origin :- Old English smoð "smooth, serene, calm," variant of smeðe "free from roughness, not harsh, polished; soft; suave; agreeable," of unknown origin and with no known cognates. Of words, looks, "pleasant, polite, sincere" late 14c., but later "flattering, insinuating" (mid-15c.). Slang meaning "superior, classy, clever" is attested from 1893. Sense of "stylish" is from 1922.
- Smooth-bore in reference to guns is from 1812. smooth talk (v.) is recorded from 1950. A 1599 dictionary has smoothboots "a flatterer, a faire spoken man, a cunning tongued fellow." The usual Old English form was smeðe, and there is a dialectal smeeth found in places names, e.g. Smithfield, Smedley.
- adj level, unwrinkled; flowing
- adj suave in behavior
- verb make level
- verb make peace
- "You see we do not follow the English style," said the smooth hostess to Philip.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- We are charged with the sacred duty of making their path as smooth and easy as we can.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Why, truly, his last will shewed what effect your smooth obligingness had upon him!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The joint is jagged in lamb, but smooth and round in mutton.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- The smooth, complacent-faced man in front of him made him realize this.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- If you'd been onto your job, things would have been smooth as silk.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- That is why his face was so smooth and cold, his eyes so dull and his voice so monotonous.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- It will blunt the keen edge of sorrow, and smooth the asperities of adversity.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- When it is thick and smooth, take it off, and pour it into an earthen pan.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- In the mean time, beat four eggs till they are thick and smooth.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
Antonyms for smooth
- abnormal
- aggravate
- agitate
- agitated
- annoy
- broken
- changing
- clamorous
- coarse
- coarsen
- complex
- complicated
- demanding
- different
- difficult
- discontinuous
- disturbed
- dull
- exasperate
- excited
- extraordinary
- hard
- harsh
- incite
- inconsistent
- increase
- intensify
- intermittent
- intricate
- irregular
- irritate
- loud
- noisy
- provoke
- raised
- rough
- roughen
- ruin
- sharp
- strict
- strip
- strong
- trouble
- troubled
- turbulent
- uncommon
- uncool
- uneven
- unfixed
- unstable
- upright
- upset
- variable
- vertical
- violent
- wild
- wobbly
- worry
- worsen
- wrinkle
- wrinkled
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