smooth

Plural: smooths

Noun

• the act of smoothing
  • "he gave his hair a quick smooth"
• Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
• A smoothing action.
• A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
• A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
• The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.

Verb

Verb Forms: smoothed, smoothing, smooths

• To make or become free from roughness or irregularities.
• make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
  • "smooth the surface of the wood"
• make (a surface) shine
• free from obstructions
  • "smooth the way towards peace negotiations"
• To make smooth or even.
• To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
• To make straightforward or easy.
• To calm or palliate.
• To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
• To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.

Adjective

• Having an even surface, free from roughness or irregularities.
• having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
  • "smooth skin"
  • "a smooth tabletop"
  • "smooth fabric"
  • "a smooth road"
  • "water as smooth as a mirror"
• of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
• (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
• of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
  • "a smooth ride"

Adjective Satellite

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
  • "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
• smooth and unconstrained in movement
  • "a long, smooth stride"
• lacking obstructions or difficulties
  • "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
  • "a smooth channel crossing"

Adj

• Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
• Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
• Bland; glib.
• Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
• Suave; sophisticated.
• Natural; unconstrained.
• Unbroken.
• Placid, calm.
• Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
• Not grainy; having an even texture.
• Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
• Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
• That factors completely into small prime numbers.
• Lacking marked aspiration.
• Involuntary and non-striated.

Adv

• Smoothly.

Examples

• Can I smooth your cat?
• He wished for a SMOOTH path to victory, but the letters kept getting in the way.
• I try to SMOOTH over the gaps in my vocabulary by studying new word lists.
• to smooth cloth with a smoothing iron
• We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.

Synonyms

bland, fluent, fluid, legato, liquid, placid, polish, politic, quiet, shine, smooth out, smoothen, still, suave, tranquil, unruffled, downy, even, flat, frictionless, lanate, level, silken, silklike, silky, sleek, slick, slight, smooth, velutinous, velvety

Antonyms

rough, roughen, staccato, bumpy, coarse, textured, uneven

Related Words

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

Anagrams of smooth