waveless

Examples

• All

• For several minutes, drivers on the Howard Frankland Bridge have experienced a straight line of white concrete edged by waveless blue.

  Fiction book (1998)

• One feels that one might float on it, as on a waveless sea.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The volcano appeared like a waveless black lake on the horizon.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The sea was flat blue and almost waveless.

• The volcano appeared like a waveless black lake on the horizon.

• As we sailed on the waveless water, the calmness of the surface was mesmerizing.

Synonyms

U

unruffled

vswaveless

1 5.3

Still water with no wind or waves

focuses on flatness and absence of wave motion rather than cause of disturbance

R

rippleless

vswaveless

5.9

A smooth, calm surface without any small waves

is about lacking any wave movement rather than only tiny surface disturbances

T

tideless

vswaveless

6.3

Calm water not moved by tides, like in a sheltered bay

is about a flat calm surface free of wave movement not tidal effect

Antonyms

R

rough

164 1.0

Not smooth and often harsh in sound

C

choppy

7 5.0

Speech or writing that has short parts and does not flow smoothly

How Calm

waveless

3.8

calm

735 1.0

wavy

16 1.3

choppy

12 3.9

turbulent

34 6.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology