Synonyms: smooth
Definition: the act of smoothing
Usage: he gave his hair a quick smooth
Similar words: accomplishment, achievement
Definition: the action of accomplishing something
Synonyms: smooth, smoothen, shine, polish
Definition: make (a surface) shine
Usage: shine the silver, please; polish my shoes
Definition: make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
Usage: smooth the surface of the wood
Similar words: change surface
Definition: undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
Synonyms: smooth, smooth out
Definition: free from obstructions
Usage: smooth the way towards peace negotiations
Synonyms: still, tranquil, smooth, quiet, placid, unruffled
Definition: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
Usage: a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay; the quiet waters of a lagoon; a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky; a smooth channel crossing; scarcely a ripple on the still water; unruffled water
Synonyms: smooth
Definition: lacking obstructions or difficulties
Usage: the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly
Similar words: easy
Definition: posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
Usage: an easy job; an easy problem; an easy victory; the house is easy to heat; satisfied with easy answers; took the easy way out of his dilemma
Synonyms: suave, bland, politic, smooth
Definition: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
Usage: he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage; the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error
Similar words: diplomatic, diplomatical
Definition: using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people
Usage: the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject
Synonyms: fluent, fluid, smooth, liquid
Definition: smooth and unconstrained in movement
Usage: a long, smooth stride; the fluid motion of a cat; the liquid grace of a ballerina
Similar words: graceful
Definition: characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
Synonyms: smooth
Definition: having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
Usage: smooth skin; a smooth tabletop; smooth fabric; a smooth road; water as smooth as a mirror
Similar words: creaseless, uncreased
Definition: used especially of fabrics
Usage: uncreased trousers
Similar words: even-textured
Definition: having an even texture
Similar words: fast
Definition: (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
Usage: a fast road; grass courts are faster than clay
Similar words: fine-textured, smooth-textured
Definition: having a smooth, fine-grained structure
Similar words: glassy
Definition: resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
Usage: the glassy surface of the lake; the pavement was...glassy with water- Willa Cather
Similar words: seamless, unlined, unseamed
Definition: smooth, especially of skin
Usage: his cheeks were unlined; his unseamed face
Similar words: sleek, flowing, aerodynamic, streamlined
Definition: designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
Usage: a streamlined convertible
Similar words: velvet, velvet-textured, velvety
Definition: smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
Synonyms: smooth
Definition: of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
Similar words: entire
Definition: (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
Similar words: repand
Definition: having a slightly undulating margin
Similar words: sinuate
Definition: having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
Similar words: undulate
Definition: having a wavy margin and rippled surface
Similar words: unnotched, untoothed
Definition: having no notches