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

T

tideless

vswaveless

1 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

R

rippleless

vswaveless

1 5.9

A smooth, calm surface without any small waves

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

Antonyms

R

rough

144 1.0

Not smooth and often harsh in sound

C

choppy

8 5.0

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

How Calm

waveless

1 3.8

calm

680 1.0

wavy

24 1.3

choppy

12 3.9

turbulent

36 6.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology