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smoother


 
  Grep  of  noun  smoother 
  smoother 
 
  Overview  of  noun  smoother 
 
  The  noun  smoother  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  drum  sander,  electric  sander,  sander,  smoother  --  (a  power  tool  used  for  sanding  wood;  a  loop  of  sandpaper  is  moved  at  high  speed  by  an  electric  motor) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  smooth 
 
  The  adj  smooth  has  8  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (11)  smooth  --  (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") 
  2.  (3)  politic,  smooth,  suave  --  (smoothly  agreeable  and  courteous  with  a  degree  of  sophistication;  "he  was  too  politic  to  quarrel  with  so  important  a  personage";  "the  hostess  averted  a  confrontation  between  two  guests  with  a  diplomatic  change  of  subject";  "the  manager  pacified  the  customer  with  a  smooth  apology  for  the  error";  "affable,  suave,  moderate  men...smugly  convinced  of  their  respectability"  -  Ezra  Pound) 
  3.  (1)  smooth  --  ((botany)  of  the  margin  of  a  leaf  shape;  not  broken  up  into  teeth) 
  4.  (1)  unwrinkled,  smooth  --  (not  marked  with  wrinkles;  "unwrinkled  cheeks") 
  5.  (1)  flowing,  fluent,  fluid,  liquid,  smooth  --  (smooth  and  unconstrained  in  movement;  "a  long,  smooth  stride";  "the  fluid  motion  of  a  cat";  "the  liquid  grace  of  a  ballerina";  "liquid  prose") 
  6.  legato,  smooth  --  ((music)  without  breaks  between  notes;  smooth  and  connected;  "a  legato  passage") 
  7.  uncrannied,  smooth  --  (without  chinks  or  crannies) 
  8.  smooth  --  (lacking  obstructions  or  difficulties;  "the  bill's  path  through  the  legislature  was  smooth  and  orderly") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  smooth 
 
  8  senses  of  smooth 
 
  Sense  1 
  smooth  (vs.  rough) 
 
  rough  (vs.  smooth),  unsmooth 
  =>  abrasive,  scratchy 
  =>  alligatored,  cracked 
  =>  barky 
  =>  broken,  rugged 
  =>  bullate 
  =>  bumpy,  jarring,  jolting,  jolty 
  =>  chapped,  cracked,  roughened 
  =>  corded,  pique,  twill,  twilled 
  =>  corduroy(postnominal),  log(postnominal) 
  =>  costate,  ribbed 
  =>  cragged,  craggy,  hilly,  mountainous 
  =>  crushed 
  =>  homespun(prenominal),  nubby,  nubbly,  slubbed,  tweedy 
  =>  lepidote,  leprose,  scabrous,  scaly,  scurfy 
  =>  squamulose 
  =>  lined,  seamed 
  =>  pocked,  pockmarked,  potholed 
  =>  puckered 
  =>  rocky,  bouldery,  bouldered,  stony 
  =>  roughish 
  =>  rugose 
  =>  scabby 
  =>  textured,  rough-textured 
  =>  verrucose,  warty,  wartlike 
  =>  imbricate,  imbricated 
  =>  sandpapery 
  =>  shagged,  shaggy 
 
  Sense  2 
  politic,  smooth,  suave 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  diplomatic)  ->  undiplomatic 
 
  Sense  3 
  smooth  (vs.  rough) 
 
  rough  (vs.  smooth) 
  =>  angulate 
  =>  bidentate 
  =>  biserrate 
  =>  ciliate,  ciliated 
  =>  crenate,  crenated,  scalloped 
  =>  crenulate,  crenulated 
  =>  crispate 
  =>  dentate 
  =>  denticulate 
  =>  emarginate 
  =>  erose,  jagged,  jaggy,  notched,  toothed 
  =>  fimbriate 
  =>  fringed,  laciniate 
  =>  lacerate 
  =>  pectinate 
  =>  runcinate 
  =>  serrate,  serrated,  saw-toothed,  toothed,  notched 
  =>  serrulate 
  =>  rimose 
  =>  spinose 
 
  Sense  4 
  unwrinkled,  smooth 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unfurrowed)  ->  furrowed 
 
  Sense  5 
  flowing,  fluent,  fluid,  liquid,  smooth 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  graceful)  ->  awkward 
 
  Sense  6 
  legato  (vs.  staccato),  smooth 
 
 
  Sense  7 
  uncrannied  (vs.  crannied),  smooth 
 
 
  Sense  8 
  smooth 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  easy)  ->  difficult,  hard 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  smooth 
 
  8  senses  of  smooth 
 
  Sense  1 
  smooth  (vs.  rough) 
  =>  creaseless,  uncreased 
  =>  fast 
  =>  glassy 
  =>  glossy,  satin(postnominal),  satiny,  sleek,  silken,  silky,  silklike,  slick 
  =>  seamless,  unlined,  unseamed 
  =>  velvet,  velvety 
  =>  waxlike,  waxy,  ceraceous 
  =>  marmoreal,  marmorean 
  Also  See->  even#3;  fine#4;  ironed#1;  slippery#1,  slippy#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  politic,  smooth,  suave 
  =>  diplomatic  (vs.  undiplomatic),  diplomatical 
 
  Sense  3 
  smooth  (vs.  rough) 
  =>  entire 
  =>  repand 
  =>  sinuate 
  =>  undulate 
  =>  unnotched,  untoothed 
  Also  See->  simple#6,  unsubdivided#1;  compound#1 
 
  Sense  4 
  unwrinkled,  smooth 
  =>  unfurrowed  (vs.  furrowed) 
 
  Sense  5 
  flowing,  fluent,  fluid,  liquid,  smooth 
  =>  graceful  (vs.  awkward) 
 
  Sense  6 
  legato  (vs.  staccato),  smooth 
 
  Sense  7 
  uncrannied  (vs.  crannied),  smooth 
 
  Sense  8 
  smooth 
  =>  easy  (vs.  difficult) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  smooth 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  smooth 
 
  smooth  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  8) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  smooth 
  smooth 
  smooth-faced 
  smooth-shaven 
  smooth-spoken 
  smooth-tongued 
  smoothbore 
  smoothed 
  smoothened 
  unsmooth 
 
  Overview  of  noun  smoother 
 
  The  noun  smoother  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  drum  sander,  electric  sander,  sander,  smoother  --  (a  power  tool  used  for  sanding  wood;  a  loop  of  sandpaper  is  moved  at  high  speed  by  an  electric  motor) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  smooth 
 
  The  adj  smooth  has  8  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (11)  smooth  --  (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") 
  2.  (3)  politic,  smooth,  suave  --  (smoothly  agreeable  and  courteous  with  a  degree  of  sophistication;  "he  was  too  politic  to  quarrel  with  so  important  a  personage";  "the  hostess  averted  a  confrontation  between  two  guests  with  a  diplomatic  change  of  subject";  "the  manager  pacified  the  customer  with  a  smooth  apology  for  the  error";  "affable,  suave,  moderate  men...smugly  convinced  of  their  respectability"  -  Ezra  Pound) 
  3.  (1)  smooth  --  ((botany)  of  the  margin  of  a  leaf  shape;  not  broken  up  into  teeth) 
  4.  (1)  unwrinkled,  smooth  --  (not  marked  with  wrinkles;  "unwrinkled  cheeks") 
  5.  (1)  flowing,  fluent,  fluid,  liquid,  smooth  --  (smooth  and  unconstrained  in  movement;  "a  long,  smooth  stride";  "the  fluid  motion  of  a  cat";  "the  liquid  grace  of  a  ballerina";  "liquid  prose") 
  6.  legato,  smooth  --  ((music)  without  breaks  between  notes;  smooth  and  connected;  "a  legato  passage") 
  7.  uncrannied,  smooth  --  (without  chinks  or  crannies) 
  8.  smooth  --  (lacking  obstructions  or  difficulties;  "the  bill's  path  through  the  legislature  was  smooth  and  orderly") 



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