Synonyms for smear
smɪərsmear

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1. smearverb

   To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.

   This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears.

   Synonyms:
   streak

2. smearverb

   To have a substance smeared on (a surface).

   I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear.

   Synonyms:
   cover, Pap smear, Pap test, coat, layer

3. smearverb

   Synonyms:
   spread

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. smear

   Synonyms:
   daub, plaster, spatter, tarnish, besmear, coat, begrime, varnish, incrust

   Antonyms:
   abrade, levigate, polish, scour, scrape

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1. smear, vilification, malignmentnoun

   slanderous defamation

   Synonyms:
   malignment, revilement, smudge, slur, spot, vilification, insult, cytosmear, cytologic smear, contumely, blot, stain, smirch, abuse, daub

2. smear, cytologic smear, cytosmearnoun

   a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

   Synonyms:
   malignment, smudge, slur, spot, vilification, cytosmear, cytologic smear, blot, stain, smirch, daub

3. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun

   a blemish made by dirt

   "he had a smudge on his cheek"

   Synonyms:
   smudge, bit, patch, dapple, office, speckle, pip, touch, cytosmear, place, aspersion, daub, fleck, cytologic smear, maculation, slur, post, stain, malignment, position, smirch, vilification, billet, blot, spotlight, spot, point, situation, berth, topographic point

4. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stainverb

   an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

   "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

   Synonyms:
   vilification, billet, berth, blot, place, spot, mark, grunge, touch, dapple, discolouration, post, grease, spotlight, topographic point, point, bit, brand, position, cytosmear, grime, stigma, fleck, slur, dirt, maculation, daub, speckle, malignment, smudge, filth, discoloration, smirch, situation, office, stain, soil, pip, cytologic smear, patch

5. smearverb

   stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

   Synonyms:
   smudge, blur, asperse, defame, denigrate, slander, calumniate, smutch, smirch, sully, besmirch, daub

6. smear, blur, smudge, smutchverb

   make a smudge on; soil by smudging

   Synonyms:
   besmirch, smudge, asperse, dim, smutch, calumniate, confuse, denigrate, daub, film over, slander, blur, slur, sully, glaze over, blear, smirch, defame, obscure, obnubilate

7. daub, smearverb

   cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

   "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

   Synonyms:
   smudge, blur, asperse, plaster, defame, denigrate, slander, calumniate, smutch, smirch, sully, besmirch, daub

8. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb

   charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

   "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

   Synonyms:
   besmirch, smudge, asperse, maculate, taint, smutch, calumniate, tarnish, denigrate, minimize, slander, blur, defile, sully, stain, daub, smirch, defame, corrupt, belittle, cloud, derogate

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1. • Cover
   • Cytologic Specimen
   • Defamation
   • Dirty

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1. make black

   Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smearverb

   Synonyms:
   daub, bedaub, besmear, plaster, begrime, PAY

2. smearverb

   Synonyms:
   contaminate, soil, stain, pollute, tarnish, sully

3. smearnoun

   Synonyms:
   daub, stain

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1. smearnoun

   Synonyms:
   smooch, smutch, blotch, daub

2. smearverb

   Synonyms:
   besmear, daub

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1. List of paraphrases for "smear":

   pap, blemish, defamatory, soiling, mancha, slander, blurring

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1. Chuck Schumer:

   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell owes an apology to Dr. Ford for labeling her allegations a' smear job.' Let me repeat that, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell owes an apology to Dr. Ford for labeling her allegations a' smear job' and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should apologize to her immediately, it is galling -- galling for the Republican leader who has done more than maybe anyone else to politicize the Supreme Court nomination process, to make these trumped up, hyperbolic charges.

2. Bill Browder:

   It appears on a whole range of stories they are in the lying and smear campaigning business, my experience does not look like an isolated incident.These guys play dirty, and I have seen it firsthand. NUNES FILES $ 9.9 M LAWSUIT AGAINST FUSION GPS, ALLEGING SMEAR CAMPAIGN AND RICO VIOLATIONS He continued :.

3. The Donald Trump-Ted Cruz mud-slinging:

   It is a tabloid smear and it is a smear that has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen.

4. Republican Ted Cruz:

   It's tabloid smear, and it is a smear that has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   You demonize...we call it the wrap-up smear, you smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise it and then you write it and say, See, it's reported in the press that this, this, and this... so they have that validation that the press reported the smear and then it's called a wrap-up-smear and the merchandise is the press' report on the smear we made. It's a tactic, and it's self-evident.