smooth
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4.4
- adjective
- /smuːð/
- During the meeting, her smooth demeanor helped ease the tension among the team members.
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- He's a very smooth talking, smooth looking China man.
- And I'm like you smooth talker you, I love big checks.
- He's such a cool, smooth, slick dude.
- So he's not very smooth when it comes to women and that, you know.
- So, but anyhow, you know, and Eddie was the smoothest dude, bro.
- He's pretty smooth, but that does hurt.
- He I when Joe looking, he's deep, he's smooth, so smooth.
- I know I'm not slick and smooth, pink and fluffy.
Examples
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The phone rang, and he heard her chatting in her smooth, flat voice.
Fiction book (1990) -
"How suitable, Katy," she said, in the smooth, vicious voice she had learned from Mrs. Shevvington.
Fiction book (1990) -
Gotta hand it to this guy, very smooth.
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You always have a very smooth explanation ready, huh?
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It's just very, very smooth, nice and rosy.
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Damien was about to speak when another voice, smooth as the night air and nearly as quiet, intruded.
Fiction book (1991) -
He spoke very gently, very smooth, like he was calm and tranquil.
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Everything about him was performance: the half-smile, the smooth sweep of the leathered arm.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's a smooth operator
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He always knows the right words to make everyone feel comfortable; his manner is so smooth.
Synonyms
109
4.7
Very smooth and attractive but not sincere or deep
22
7.1
Confident and charming in a smooth, polite way, often about a man
2
3.9
Polite and calm in a way that avoids strong feeling
1
8.3
Someone who persuades people using clever, dishonest talk
1
6.8
A person who speaks in a calm, charming way to persuade others
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
3.9
Muscle in the walls of organs and blood vessels that works without thinking
- Specialized
1
4.4
A long thin cell that makes muscle in organs and blood vessels move without you controlling it
- US
1
5.6
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 smōþ, meaning 'even' or 'polished', so a 'smooth' person feels like someone with no rough edges—confident, polite, and easy to be with.