English word
Smooth
Definitions
adjective
- having a continuous even surface
- serene, equable
- amiable, courteous
- not sharp or harsh
- free from lumps
- being the representation of a function with a continuous first derivativeof a curve
- having or being a short even coat of hair
- compare rough, wirehaired
- being without hair
- glabrous
- causing no resistance to sliding
- free from difficulties or impediments
- even and uninterrupted in flow or flight
- excessively and often artfully suave : ingratiating
Synonyms for smooth
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- polished
- even
- plane
- levelled
- leveled
Synonyms by context
Having an even surface with no roughness, bumps, or holes
adjective
Having a glossy finish
adjective
- glossy
- shiny
- sleek
- buffed
- chatoyant
- japanned
- lacquered
- satin
- shellacked
Having a very fine texture to touch
adjective
- soft
- velvety
- silky
- downy
- satiny
- silken
- velvetlike
- silklike
- cottony
To free from breaks, curves, or bumps
verb
- flatten
- press
- iron
- burnish
- grade
- furbish
To hasten or facilitate the progress of
verb
- ease
- facilitate
- aid
- assist
- accelerate
- advance
- expedite
- fast-track
- forward
- grease
(smooth over) To resolve, or work towards resolving an issue or conflict
verb
- resolve
- fix
- settle
- allay
- alleviate
- contain
- control
- extinguish
- mitigate
- quell
Antonyms for smooth
- unsmoothed
- edgy
Opposite of having an even surface with no roughness, bumps, or holes
- rough
- uneven
- agitated
- bumpy
- coarse
- unsmoothed
- abrasive
- edgy
- irregular
- jagged
Opposite of having a glossy finish
- matte
- dull
- dulled
- muted
- nonglossy
- lackluster
- lacklustre
- lusterless
- lustreless
- understated
Opposite of having a very fine texture to touch
Opposite of to free from breaks, curves, or bumps
- roughen
- wrinkle
- bend
- coarsen
- dent
- impede
- kink
- pit
- rumple
Opposite of to hasten or facilitate the progress of
- complicate
- confound
- convolute
- obfuscate
- complexify
- derange
- obscure
- discombobulate
- worsen
- hamper
(smooth over) Opposite of to resolve, or work towards resolving an issue or conflict
- exacerbate
- aggravate
- amplify
- compound
- excite
- heighten
- increase
- inflame
- intensify
- magnify
Phrases
- as flat as a pancake
- dead flat
- flat as a pancake
- horizontally aligned
- lined up
- of same height
- on a line
- on one plane
- parallel with the ground
- perfectly horizontal
- perfectly vertical