smooth

1. Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities (synset 302244586)
   "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"
   also:

   • even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
   • ironed - (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron
   • fine - of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
   • slippery, slippy - causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
   similar to:

   • creaseless, uncreased - used especially of fabrics
   • even-textured - having an even texture
   • fast - (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
   • fine-textured, smooth-textured - having a smooth, fine-grained structure
   • glassy - resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
   • seamless, unlined, unseamed - smooth, especially of skin
   • aerodynamic, flowing, sleek, streamlined - designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
   • velvet, velvet-textured, velvety - smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
2. Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication (synset 300762345)
   "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
   similar to: diplomatic, diplomatical - using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people
   same as: bland, politic, suave
3. Of the margin of a leaf shape;
   Not broken up into teeth (synset 302252363)
   also:

   • simple, unsubdivided - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
   • compound - composed of more than one part
   referred to in: botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants
   similar to:

   • entire - (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
   • repand - having a slightly undulating margin
   • sinuate - having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
   • undulate - having a wavy margin and rippled surface
   • unnotched, untoothed - having no notches
4. Smooth and unconstrained in movement (synset 301143332)
   "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
   similar to: graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
   same as: fluent, fluid, liquid
5. (music) without breaks between notes;
   Smooth and connected (synset 302301995)
   "a legato passage"
   referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
   same as: legato
6. Of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence (synset 302251155)
   "a smooth ride"
7. Lacking obstructions or difficulties (synset 300754447)
   "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
   similar to: easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
8. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves (synset 300303750)
   "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
   similar to: calm - (of weather) free from storm or wind
   same as: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled

1. The act of smoothing (synset 101266417)
   "he gave his hair a quick smooth"
   is a type of: accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing something

1. Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing (synset 201255535)
   "smooth the surface of the wood"
   entail: rub - move over something with pressure
   is a type of: change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
   subtypes:

   • strip - remove the thread (of screws)
   • launch - smoothen the surface of
   • rake - level or smooth with a rake
   • plane - make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
   • float - make the surface of level or smooth
   • sand, sandpaper - rub with sandpaper
   • sandblast - grind with a sandblast
   • file - smooth with a file
   same as: smoothen
2. Make (a surface) shine (synset 201248201)
   "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
   entail: rub - move over something with pressure
   is a type of: beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify - make more beautiful
   subtypes:

   • simonise, simonize - polish with wax
   • sleek, slick - make slick or smooth
   • buff, burnish, furbish - polish and make shiny
   • gloss - give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
   same as: polish, shine, smoothen
3. Free from obstructions (synset 202318078)
   "smooth the way towards peace negotiations"
   is a type of: disembarrass, free, rid - relieve from
   same as: smooth out

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