smooth
- adjective
- /smuːð/
- The surface of the lake was smooth like glass, reflecting the trees perfectly.
- a smooth surface
- smooth skin
- a smooth texture
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- The oil dried feels super smooth and smells incredible.
- My skin I think looks really smooth, but still like skin.
- I've now got a really nice smooth, sleek straight hair.
Examples
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This 3-D mapping is so smooth.
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I've now got a really nice smooth, sleek straight hair.
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My skin I think looks really smooth, but still like skin.
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But do you guys see how smooth my skin is looking?
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My skin looks so smooth, like so smooth.
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So look how lovely and smooth that green line is.
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This is going to give me a really nice kind of smooth base.
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The oil dried feels super smooth and smells incredible.
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I'm telling you, this is smooth as silk.
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Linda had left Pennsylvania under a sky as smooth and blue as her made bed.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
Not moving or making a sound
Level and even without parts higher or lower
Has very small particles so it feels smooth
Flat and level in shape, position, or timing
Smooth and slippery in a way that makes walking dangerous
Calm and peaceful without noise or movement
Calm and not easily upset, like a quiet lake
Still water with no wind or waves
Having an even, soft surface with no bumps when you touch it
A smooth, calm surface without any small waves
Having a smooth, regular surface without bumps or rough spots
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
Muscle in the walls of organs and blood vessels that works without thinking
- Specialized
A long thin cell that makes muscle in organs and blood vessels move without you controlling it
- US
A common shrub from eastern North America with smooth, waxy leaves and clusters of red berries
- Specialized
A small shark that lives along the Atlantic coast of the Americas with smooth skin and a thin body
- Specialized
A small shark that lives on the sea bottom along the Atlantic coasts of North and South America
- Specialized
A round fungus with smooth outer skin when young that cracks and darkens
- Specialized
A thin snake with smooth green scales, not poisonous, living in meadows and open woods in the United States
- US
A North American plant that lives many years with smooth leaves and pale violet flowers
- Australian
A large Australian tree with a smooth pale trunk and light soft wood used for building
- Specialized
A low lawn weed with smooth stems and leaves that spreads by seeds and roots
- Australian
A plant from eastern Australia with bright blue, purple, or red flowers
- Specialized
A large shark with a smooth, hammer-shaped head often fished for its liver and skin
- Specialized
A small green plant with smooth edges on its leaves that grows in shady rocky places
A river turtle with a flat, smooth, rubbery shell that lives in flowing water
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word smooth comes from the old English word smōþ, which means 'even' or 'without roughness', so imagine a surface you can run your hand over with no bumps.