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Antonyms for Smooth
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smoothadjective
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evensmoothadjective
Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
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evensmoothadjective
Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
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Lacking marked aspiration.
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To make smooth.
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evensmoothadjective
To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.
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evensmoothadjective
bland; glib
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evensmoothadjective
suave; sophisticated
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evensmoothadjective
natural; unconstrained
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evensmoothadjective
unbroken
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placid, calm.
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Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
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Not grainy; having an even texture.
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even
English Synonyms and Antonyms
smooth
That is calm which is free from disturbance or agitation; in the physical sense, free from violent motion or action; in the mental or spiritual realm, free from excited or disturbing emotion or passion. We speak of a calm sea, a placid lake, a serene sky, a still night, a quiet day, a quiet home. We speak, also, of "still waters," "smooth sailing," which are different modes of expressing freedom from manifest agitation. Of mental conditions, one is calm who triumphs over a tendency to excitement; cool, if he scarcely feels the tendency. One may be calm by the very reaction from excitement, or by the oppression of overpowering emotion, as we speak of the calmness of despair. One is composed who has subdued excited feeling; he is collected when he has every thought, feeling, or perception awake and at command. Tranquil refers to a present state, placid, to a prevailing tendency. We speak of a tranquil mind, a placid disposition. The serene spirit dwells as if in the clear upper air, above all storm and shadow.
The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
And calm, and self-possessed.Longfellow Light of Stars st. 7.Antonyms:
agitated, boisterous, disturbed, excited, fierce, frantic, frenzied, furious, heated, passionate, raging, roused, ruffled, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild, wrathfulSynonyms:
calm, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, quiet, sedate, self-possessed, serene, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
smoothadjective
the act of smoothing
"he gave his hair a quick smooth"
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lacerated, crushed, erose, scabrous, jolting, crenated, textured, emarginate, notched, rock-ribbed, bullate, rugose, leprose, difficult, shagged, undiplomatic, jolty, alligatored, denticulate, crispate, lacerate, verrucose, mountainous, sandpapery, lepidote, lined, jumpy, crenate, coarse-textured, rough, roughish, rough-textured, bouldery, cracked, rimose, pockmarked, toothed, chapped, nubby, barky, twilled, scalloped, wartlike, rugged, stormy, ciliated, pebbly, bouldered, dentate, unsmooth, rockbound, seamed, pocked, slubbed, hilly, tweedy, abrasive, biserrate, scratchy, scabby, pectinate, saw-like, bumpy, broken, hard, saw-toothed, costate, imbricate, serrated, corded, warty, crenulate, bidentate, shaggy, gravelly, squamulose, serrulate, cragged, fimbriate, roughened, potholed, stony, ciliate, jagged, crenulated, scurfy, imbricated, rocky, fringed, spinose, ribbed, awkward, shingly, scaly, laciniate, nubbly, homespun(p), craggy, jaggy, serrate, runcinate, roughensmoothadjective
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"
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tweedy, denticulate, rough, scalloped, erose, coarse-textured, shagged, roughened, stormy, notched, leprose, fimbriate, sandpapery, imbricate, ciliate, difficult, rocky, awkward, toothed, crushed, scabrous, corded, crenulate, rugose, twilled, saw-toothed, scaly, homespun(p), crenulated, costate, textured, rockbound, mountainous, lacerate, pectinate, wartlike, craggy, rugged, dentate, undiplomatic, jumpy, ciliated, squamulose, lepidote, warty, rough-textured, jagged, shingly, pockmarked, crenate, serrated, emarginate, crenated, lacerated, cracked, biserrate, jolting, slubbed, rock-ribbed, potholed, pocked, serrulate, bullate, chapped, stony, bouldery, scurfy, runcinate, saw-like, crispate, hilly, pebbly, nubby, bumpy, scabby, abrasive, barky, bouldered, cragged, nubbly, rimose, alligatored, verrucose, imbricated, ribbed, hard, roughish, gravelly, shaggy, serrate, seamed, jolty, broken, scratchy, unsmooth, lined, bidentate, jaggy, fringed, laciniate, spinose, roughenSynonyms:
placid, liquid, bland, still, fluent, politic, tranquil, unruffled, legato, suave, quiet, fluidpolitic, smooth, suave, blandadjective
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
"he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
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bumpy, nubbly, rock-ribbed, toothed, jumpy, lacerate, saw-toothed, jaggy, scalloped, bouldered, stormy, biserrate, scurfy, chapped, imbricated, wartlike, dentate, crushed, rockbound, slubbed, verrucose, cragged, lined, pocked, crenulate, mountainous, emarginate, notched, rough, potholed, stony, scabrous, warty, lepidote, pebbly, scratchy, serrulate, crenate, crispate, squamulose, spinose, rocky, serrated, broken, shagged, crenulated, ribbed, rugged, scabby, hard, craggy, pectinate, jagged, pockmarked, rough-textured, ciliated, shaggy, rugose, nubby, lacerated, shingly, jolting, homespun(p), fringed, saw-like, erose, cracked, difficult, alligatored, hilly, bullate, imbricate, serrate, denticulate, twilled, scaly, roughish, sandpapery, seamed, jolty, abrasive, corded, rimose, ciliate, awkward, laciniate, crenated, coarse-textured, undiplomatic, bidentate, bouldery, tweedy, fimbriate, textured, barky, unsmooth, costate, gravelly, runcinate, leprose, roughened, roughenSynonyms:
smooth, fluid, placid, savourless, insipid, tranquil, unruffled, still, quiet, flavorless, flavourless, suave, vapid, savorless, legato, debonair, debonnaire, bland, flat, debonaire, fluent, liquid, politicsmoothadjective
of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
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saw-like, rugose, lacerate, ciliate, rimose, potholed, gravelly, bumpy, ribbed, laciniate, jaggy, scurfy, seamed, stormy, serrulate, nubby, wartlike, slubbed, sandpapery, cracked, roughened, bouldery, scalloped, imbricate, barky, rocky, textured, pockmarked, serrated, awkward, serrate, broken, lacerated, jagged, mountainous, jumpy, craggy, lined, leprose, rough, erose, rugged, jolting, shaggy, difficult, fimbriate, fringed, chapped, scaly, scratchy, spinose, scabrous, toothed, verrucose, shagged, notched, unsmooth, denticulate, hard, crispate, crenulate, biserrate, jolty, pectinate, costate, runcinate, coarse-textured, homespun(p), tweedy, alligatored, bouldered, saw-toothed, abrasive, undiplomatic, corded, hilly, crenated, dentate, rockbound, crenate, shingly, warty, crushed, stony, crenulated, cragged, twilled, pebbly, rough-textured, ciliated, squamulose, pocked, emarginate, roughish, rock-ribbed, imbricated, bidentate, lepidote, bullate, scabby, nubbly, roughenSynonyms:
placid, liquid, bland, still, fluent, politic, tranquil, unruffled, legato, suave, quiet, fluidfluent, fluid, liquid, smoothadjective
smooth and unconstrained in movement
"a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
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emarginate, notched, jolting, ciliate, bumpy, crenated, jolty, denticulate, scalloped, jagged, corded, crenate, squamulose, sandpapery, dentate, ciliated, rocky, serrate, abrasive, barky, hilly, rugose, fringed, scaly, fimbriate, lacerated, saw-toothed, bidentate, scabrous, nubby, rugged, chapped, rimose, imbricate, seamed, rockbound, rough-textured, rough, serrated, jumpy, stony, lined, toothed, jaggy, cracked, scratchy, lacerate, hard, scabby, laciniate, nubbly, homespun(p), pectinate, crispate, shaggy, slubbed, crushed, costate, twilled, bouldered, crenulated, shingly, coarse-textured, scurfy, pocked, roughened, tweedy, spinose, runcinate, lepidote, warty, wartlike, serrulate, bouldery, broken, biserrate, pockmarked, crenulate, cragged, bullate, verrucose, roughish, mountainous, rock-ribbed, gravelly, undiplomatic, potholed, leprose, awkward, textured, stormy, saw-like, difficult, shagged, ribbed, erose, imbricated, pebbly, alligatored, craggy, unsmooth, roughenSynonyms:
tranquil, smooth, silver-tongued, eloquent, fluid, placid, silver, liquified, still, quiet, legato, unruffled, smooth-spoken, swimming, suave, runny, limpid, facile, melted, mobile, unstable, fluent, liquid, bland, politiclegato, smoothadjective
(music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
"a legato passage"
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barky, denticulate, undiplomatic, twilled, rocky, bullate, slubbed, bumpy, imbricate, hilly, costate, runcinate, alligatored, ciliate, scabrous, rugose, jolty, rough, seamed, lacerate, saw-toothed, erose, crenated, shingly, leprose, roughened, rough-textured, stony, sandpapery, jagged, saw-like, unsmooth, squamulose, pocked, broken, gravelly, lacerated, jaggy, lepidote, cracked, potholed, nubbly, bouldered, notched, emarginate, dentate, serrated, pebbly, crushed, mountainous, tweedy, ciliated, bouldery, scurfy, wartlike, jolting, chapped, pectinate, lined, warty, scabby, toothed, awkward, textured, pockmarked, crenulate, crispate, jumpy, biserrate, corded, cragged, serrulate, shaggy, stormy, rock-ribbed, bidentate, roughish, laciniate, crenulated, nubby, scratchy, craggy, fringed, rimose, spinose, abrasive, rockbound, difficult, imbricated, homespun(p), serrate, scaly, fimbriate, crenate, scalloped, hard, verrucose, ribbed, coarse-textured, rugged, shagged, roughenSynonyms:
placid, liquid, bland, still, fluent, politic, unruffled, tranquil, smooth, legato, suave, quiet, fluidsmoothadjective
of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
"a smooth ride"
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jolting, rimose, rough, chapped, seamed, saw-toothed, notched, rugose, crenate, rock-ribbed, bumpy, wartlike, broken, shaggy, spinose, lepidote, toothed, bouldered, shingly, roughish, corded, emarginate, twilled, serrulate, cragged, cracked, craggy, homespun(p), coarse-textured, scalloped, bidentate, stormy, saw-like, tweedy, abrasive, ciliate, crenulated, denticulate, rough-textured, crenated, warty, nubbly, alligatored, gravelly, lined, pectinate, bullate, dentate, costate, scaly, mountainous, lacerated, scurfy, hard, jaggy, imbricated, potholed, scabrous, textured, leprose, roughened, serrated, jumpy, sandpapery, pockmarked, undiplomatic, difficult, rocky, verrucose, bouldery, hilly, shagged, stony, fringed, barky, nubby, rockbound, crushed, jagged, imbricate, fimbriate, ribbed, pocked, awkward, laciniate, jolty, crenulate, lacerate, pebbly, runcinate, scratchy, crispate, ciliated, biserrate, slubbed, rugged, squamulose, erose, serrate, unsmooth, scabby, roughenSynonyms:
placid, liquid, bland, still, fluent, politic, tranquil, unruffled, legato, suave, quiet, fluidsmoothadjective
lacking obstructions or difficulties
"the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
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lacerated, imbricate, fimbriate, textured, mountainous, broken, jaggy, ribbed, twilled, nubby, ciliated, runcinate, pockmarked, rocky, nubbly, hard, notched, corded, saw-toothed, toothed, squamulose, scurfy, crenulated, scalloped, seamed, ciliate, pocked, rugose, wartlike, crushed, crenate, unsmooth, bullate, rugged, shingly, barky, alligatored, lacerate, awkward, scratchy, scaly, saw-like, dentate, bumpy, crenulate, jolting, crispate, rough, hilly, rough-textured, stony, spinose, verrucose, coarse-textured, imbricated, leprose, shagged, rockbound, rock-ribbed, homespun(p), tweedy, chapped, gravelly, emarginate, scabby, abrasive, slubbed, serrated, jagged, fringed, rimose, warty, cracked, scabrous, serrulate, lepidote, craggy, stormy, roughish, roughened, denticulate, potholed, lined, pectinate, biserrate, bouldered, serrate, pebbly, crenated, laciniate, bouldery, difficult, sandpapery, jolty, costate, erose, jumpy, cragged, shaggy, undiplomatic, bidentate, roughenSynonyms:
placid, liquid, bland, still, fluent, politic, tranquil, unruffled, legato, suave, quiet, fluidplacid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffledverb
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
"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"
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rough, bumpy, shaggy, denticulate, broken, laciniate, spinose, barky, difficult, homespun(p), jolting, mountainous, crenulated, lacerate, bidentate, ciliate, scabrous, notched, bouldery, tweedy, nubby, sandpapery, cragged, emarginate, leprose, jumpy, unsmooth, serrated, erose, seamed, crenated, toothed, craggy, awkward, pectinate, squamulose, bouldered, pocked, crispate, crenate, fimbriate, jagged, rugged, rugose, lacerated, imbricate, crushed, hilly, rockbound, biserrate, scabby, pockmarked, twilled, runcinate, verrucose, roughish, pebbly, hard, bullate, jaggy, saw-toothed, scaly, scalloped, costate, roughened, scratchy, dentate, nubbly, imbricated, jolty, lined, coarse-textured, rimose, serrate, wartlike, ribbed, potholed, abrasive, fringed, cracked, crenulate, serrulate, scurfy, rock-ribbed, stormy, stony, shagged, chapped, shingly, slubbed, ciliated, undiplomatic, gravelly, rocky, saw-like, rough-textured, warty, textured, corded, alligatored, lepidote, roughenSynonyms:
inactive, smooth, motionless, suave, placid, good-tempered, fluid, restrained, serene, static, muted, tranquil, soundless, unruffled, still, unflustered, quiet, hushed, silent, unflurried, even-tempered, subdued, unagitated, fluent, calm, equable, unperturbed, bland, noneffervescent, liquid, legato, politicsmooth, smoothenverb
make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
"smooth the surface of the wood"
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bouldered, bouldery, cracked, rimose, squamulose, crenulate, bullate, warty, rugged, erose, pockmarked, rough, scabby, bumpy, roughened, rocky, barky, ciliate, tweedy, scabrous, abrasive, imbricate, pocked, laciniate, lepidote, awkward, runcinate, rough-textured, costate, pectinate, stony, chapped, hard, slubbed, corded, scratchy, crenated, leprose, sandpapery, rugose, coarse-textured, fringed, denticulate, hilly, serrate, imbricated, shaggy, shagged, shingly, serrulate, lacerate, notched, jagged, jolting, serrated, toothed, pebbly, fimbriate, jumpy, undiplomatic, gravelly, spinose, biserrate, textured, scaly, dentate, lined, twilled, craggy, roughish, unsmooth, bidentate, homespun(p), verrucose, scurfy, stormy, potholed, scalloped, rock-ribbed, nubbly, nubby, lacerated, wartlike, difficult, crenate, rockbound, crispate, cragged, ciliated, saw-like, broken, seamed, jaggy, ribbed, alligatored, crenulated, saw-toothed, mountainous, crushed, jolty, emarginate, roughenSynonyms:
smooth, smooth out, shine, polish, smoothenpolish, smooth, smoothen, shineverb
make (a surface) shine
"shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
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undiplomatic, bouldered, rocky, gravelly, scalloped, rough, nubbly, barky, ciliated, lined, roughened, difficult, rockbound, seamed, imbricate, laciniate, rimose, jaggy, jolty, jagged, jumpy, leprose, dentate, bumpy, shaggy, squamulose, unsmooth, notched, coarse-textured, toothed, tweedy, runcinate, scabby, broken, lacerated, serrulate, scabrous, serrate, lacerate, crenated, wartlike, slubbed, bouldery, roughish, cracked, mountainous, awkward, corded, abrasive, fringed, potholed, homespun(p), costate, warty, lepidote, rugged, crenulated, textured, erose, fimbriate, scratchy, pockmarked, crenate, bidentate, saw-like, rough-textured, pocked, scurfy, sandpapery, pebbly, ribbed, alligatored, stormy, rugose, cragged, emarginate, shingly, chapped, twilled, rock-ribbed, pectinate, nubby, crispate, crenulate, serrated, bullate, stony, crushed, jolting, verrucose, shagged, biserrate, hilly, imbricated, craggy, ciliate, spinose, hard, scaly, denticulate, saw-toothed, roughenSynonyms:
smooth, shine, polish up, smoothen, polish, strike, reflect, glow, gleam, down, beam, fine-tune, glitter, brush up, refine, radiate, glint, fall, glisten, smooth out, round, round offsmooth, smooth outverb
free from obstructions
"smooth the way towards peace negotiations"
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roughish, imbricated, saw-toothed, jolting, ciliate, crenated, fringed, emarginate, squamulose, wartlike, chapped, erose, denticulate, difficult, twilled, pocked, bouldery, potholed, jaggy, lacerate, gravelly, crushed, abrasive, rocky, crispate, imbricate, stormy, laciniate, bumpy, scaly, stony, rimose, crenate, tweedy, lined, pockmarked, rugged, slubbed, warty, pebbly, scabrous, spinose, ciliated, undiplomatic, jumpy, scalloped, hilly, scurfy, verrucose, jagged, scabby, fimbriate, serrate, barky, bouldered, leprose, runcinate, lepidote, sandpapery, unsmooth, jolty, rough-textured, toothed, notched, alligatored, dentate, cracked, corded, nubbly, pectinate, crenulate, rugose, shaggy, serrated, bidentate, broken, crenulated, rough, biserrate, hard, serrulate, costate, seamed, saw-like, awkward, shingly, craggy, bullate, roughened, rock-ribbed, coarse-textured, mountainous, homespun(p), nubby, ribbed, textured, rockbound, lacerated, scratchy, cragged, shagged, roughenSynonyms:
smooth, smooth out, shine, polish, smoothen
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hairy
without any hair on the surface, removed of unwanted hair.
after he shaved, his cheeks were smooth.
Submitted by rinat on September 23, 2019
How to use Smooth in a sentence?
There is not half so much danger in the desperate sword of a known foe as in the smooth insinuations of a pretended friend.
I think that everyone knows this has not been a smooth road to motherhood. Its taken a lot of physical, mental, emotional strength to get here ... I sort of didnt know if I was ever going to be a mom.
The private sector is technically and financially capable of developing and operating commercial low-Earth orbit destinations, with NASA's assistance. We look forward to sharing our lessons learned and operations experience with the private sector to help them develop safe, reliable, and cost-effective destinations in space, the report we have delivered to Congress describes, in detail, our comprehensive plan for ensuring a smooth transition to commercial destinations after retirement of the International Space Station in 2030.
Hudson Yards glorifies a kind of surface spectacle — as if the peak ambitions of city life were consuming luxury goods and enjoying a smooth, seductive, mindless materialism.
I do not ask to walk smooth paths nor bear an easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock strewn road. Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone, And transform every stumbling block into a stepping stone.
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