Smooth

Definition: Smooth

Smooth

Adjective

1. Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror".

2. Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound.

3. (botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth.

4. Not marked with wrinkles; "unwrinkled cheeks".

5. Smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose".

6. (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage".

7. Without chinks or crannies.

8. Lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly".

Noun

1. The act of smoothing; "he gave is hair a quick smooth".

Verb

1. Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood".

2. (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes".

3. Free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace negociations".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "smooth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Smooth \Smooth\ (sm[=oo][th]), adjective. [Comparative Smoother(-[~e]r); superlative Smoothest.]. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Meteorology & Standards

Multilingual Slang

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SMOOTH

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Smooth

Facility

Manageable, wieldy; towardly, tractable; submissive; yielding, ductile; suant; pliant; (soft); glib, slippery; smooth; on friction wheels, on velvet.

Render easy; Adjective: facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate; humor; (aid); lubricate; relieve.

Flattery

Adjective: flattering;Verb: adulatory; mealy-mouthed, honey-mouthed; honeyed; smooth, smooth-tongued; soapy, oily, unctuous,

Horizontality

Adjective: horizontal, level, even, plane; flat; flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green; alluvial; calm, calm as a mill pond; smooth, smooth as glass.

Moderation

Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.

Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.

Texture

Rough, gritty; smooth.

Uniformity

Render uniform, homogenize; Adjective: assimilate, level, smooth, dress.

Crosswords: Smooth

Here everything is soft and smooth. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

Nice man, real smooth. (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan)

Well, we could smooth the head down to nothing, stick a pumpkin under it's arm and change the name to Icabod Crane (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Guys get cheeks as smooth as the inside o' Sarah Elizabeth Murphy's left thigh (Ticket to Heaven; writing credit: Anne Cameron; Josh Freed)

It's soooo smooth. (Dead Man on Campus; writing credit: Anthony Abrams; Adam Larson Broder)

'Cause you're so smooth (Smooth; performing artist: SANTANA)

A smooth criminal (Smooth Criminal; performing artist: Alien Ant Farm)

Smooth operator (SMOOTH OPERATOR; performing artist: Sade; writing credit: Sade Adu and St. John)

Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth, hey (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera)

I wash my hair and I kid myself I look real smooth (Is She Really Going Out With Him?; performing artist: Joe Jackson)

The Rough with the Smooth (1971)

Smooth Sailing (1947)

Pathé Manhattan Comedies: The Smooth Guy (1929)

Smooth as Satin (1925)

Pretty Smooth (1919)

Smooth Criminal (performing artist: Michael Jackson)

Smooth Operator (performing artist: Sade)

Smooth (performing artist: Santana featuring Rob Thomas)

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Books

• Becoming a Successful Manager : How to Make a Smooth Transition from Managing Yourself to Managing Others (reference)

• Five Smooth Stones (reference)

• Five Smooth Stones : Hope's Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776, (My America) (reference)

• Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary (My America) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Journal Of Smooth Muscle Research (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Smooth Talk (reference)

• Smooth Talker (reference)

• Strong & Smooth Moves (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Pilates Music For Life Series - Jazz Me Forever / Smooth Jazz (reference)

• Smooth Sounds of the Great Dance Bands (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Camera & Accessories Case - Smooth Black (reference)

• Fellowes Adjustable Foot Rest - Platinum Anti Skid Base with Smooth Tilt (reference)

• ILFORD Galerie Smooth Pearl Inkjet Photo Paper ? 25 Sheets (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Zojirushi AH-HB10 XAD Smooth Serve 1-Liter Carafe, Stainless Steel (reference)

• Zojirushi AH-HB10 BA Smooth Serve 1-Liter Carafe, Black (reference)

• Stanley 12-905 Contractor Grade No. 5 Smooth Bottom Jack Plane (reference)

• Remington EP1000 Women's Smooth & Silky Hair Removal System (reference)

• Shark Corp 20-2110 14-Ounce Smooth Face Japanese Finish Hammer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Line drawing showing the lining of the GI tract: colorectal (muscularis). The walls of the digestive tract have four layers of tissue: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and serosa. The inner-most layer is the mucosa, a membrane that forms a continuous lining of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus. In the large bowel, this tissue contains cells that produce mucus to lubricate and protect the smooth inner surface of the bowel wall. Connective tissue and muscle separate the muscosa from the second layer, the submucosa, which contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves and mucus-producing glands. Next to the submucosa is the muscularis externa, consisting of two layers of muscle fibers-one that runs lengthwise and one that encircles the bowel. The fourth layer, the serosa, is a thin membrane that produces fluid to lubricate the outer surface of the bowel so that it can slide against adjacent organs. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000. Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer).

Illustration showing fuzzy mold colony (left lower) made up of branching filaments called hyphae (left upper); smooth yeast colony (right lower) made up of ovoid cells (right upper). Credit: CDC.

Brucella spp. Colony Characteristics: A. Fastidious, usually not visible at 24h. B. Grows slowly on most standard laboratory media (e.g. sheep blood, chocolate and trypticase soy agars). Pinpoint, smooth, entire translucent, non-hemolytic at 48h. Credit: CDC.

Ridges, grooves, craters and smooth areas in the Uruk Sulcus region on Ganymede. Credit: NASA.

Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #8 Upper Monterey Canyon as developed by multi-beam sounding systems Surveyed by NOAA Ships DAVIDSON, DISCOVERER, and SURVEYOR This was the smooth sheet for the first published NOAA multi-beam map. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

New land created by dredging operation behind temporary levee will be planted with Spartina alterniflora, smooth cordgrass, to form a new marsh area. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Birch Island glacial sculpted smooth rocky point with ospreys on pitch pine. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Working on a hydrographic survey smooth sheet on board the C&GS Ship BACHE in July 1916. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A Nansen bottle coming out of the water on a nearly mirror smooth sea. Credit: Fisheries.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

All the rest, in speculation at least, was perfectly smooth.

The smooth surface of the meat was crinkling up and turning a faint brown

Another day Glumdalclitch left me on a smooth grass plot to divert myself while she walked at some distance with her governess

These small waves raised by the evening wind are as remote from storm as the smooth reflecting surface

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Health

They relax smooth muscle and widen blood vessels. (references)

Smooth muscle disorders such as amyloidosis and scleroderma. (references)

The vocal folds are two bands of smooth muscle tissue that lie opposite each other. (references)

Business

This ensures smooth and noiseless motion of the glass and minimum power absorption. (references)

A web of strong personal relationships will help ensure smooth development of business in China. (references)

Because of the lack of restriction, easy tele-electronic communications, and fluent use of English, banking relationships with the United States and Belgium are smooth. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

Labor-management relations are generally smooth. (references)

Sri Lanka

But the existing legislation hinders smooth re-organization. (references)

Trinidad

Political change has traditionally been smooth and democratic. (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

President Musharraf appointed several persons with prominent NGO backgrounds to his Cabinet, and many NGO workers reported a smooth working relationship with the Government during the year. (references)

Minorities

Japan

The Government defended its naturalization procedures as necessary to ensure the smooth assimilation of foreigners into society. (references)

Political Economy

AUSTRIA

The Austrian government thus has a clear interest in maintaining close and smooth trade ties. (references)

Trade

Japan

Correct packing, marking, and labeling are critical to smooth customs clearance in Japan. (references)

El Salvador

Having introduced the U.S. dollar as legal tender in El Salvador as of January 1, 2001, the GOES is managing a smooth transition to a fully dollarized economy. (references)

Kenya

Although customs rules are still detailed and rigidly implemented, affecting smooth operations of such practices as manufacturing under bond (MUB), the GOK's gradual rationalization of import duties do make domestic businesses more competitive. (references)

Travel

Bangladesh

Foreign visitors often find that hosting meals for their Bangladeshi agents or business contacts helps to smooth business negotiations. (references)

Azerbaijan

For start-up U.S. businesses that require reliable Internet contacts, it is best to order a dedicated ISDN line to ensure smooth communications. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "smooth": a smooth tongue ♦ american smooth dogfish ♦ as smooth as silk ♦ be in smooth water ♦ be smooth ♦ become smooth ♦ cut smooth ♦ dead smooth ♦ in smooth water ♦ make smooth ♦ one's course runs smooth ♦ perfectly smooth surface ♦ polish smooth ♦ quite smooth ♦ roll smooth ♦ run smooth ♦ smooth air ♦ smooth alder ♦ smooth as glass ♦ smooth as oil ♦ smooth as satin ♦ smooth as silk ♦ smooth aster ♦ smooth away ♦ smooth back ♦ smooth bark kauri ♦ smooth bore ♦ smooth breathing ♦ smooth crabgrass ♦ smooth darling pea ♦ smooth dogfish ♦ smooth down ♦ smooth earthball ♦ smooth face ♦ smooth file ♦ smooth green snake ♦ smooth hair ♦ smooth hammerhead ♦ smooth lip fern ♦ smooth log ♦ Smooth muscle ♦ smooth muscle cell ♦ Smooth Muscle Tumor ♦ smooth musculature ♦ smooth out ♦ smooth over ♦ smooth plane ♦ smooth planed surface ♦ smooth running ♦ smooth scroll ♦ smooth sea ♦ smooth shaven ♦ smooth skin ♦ smooth sledding ♦ smooth snake ♦ smooth softshell ♦ smooth sole ♦ smooth spoken ♦ smooth sumac ♦ smooth surface ♦ smooth talker ♦ smooth the bed of death ♦ smooth the ruffled brow of care ♦ smooth the way ♦ smooth things over ♦ smooth tongued ♦ smooth turbot ♦ smooth wavelets ♦ smooth winterberry holly ♦ smooth woodsia ♦ take the rough with the smooth ♦ to smooth ♦ to smooth edges. Additional references.

Beginning with "smooth": smooth-adaptation, smooth-barked, smooth-billed, smooth-bodied, smooth-bore, smooth-brained, Smooth-chinned, smooth-coated, smooth-edged, smooth-faced, smooth-featured, smooth-finish, smooth-floored, smooth-flowing, smooth-fronted, smooth-glazed, smooth-haired, smooth-haired fox terrier, smooth-leaved, smooth-leaved elm, smooth-limbed, smooth-looking, smooth-muscle, smooth-passing, smooth-phrased, smooth-riding, smooth-running, smooth-shaped, smooth-shaven, smooth-shelled, smooth-sided, smooth-skinned, smooth-skulled, smooth-soled, smooth-sounding, smooth-spinning, smooth-spoken, smooth-stemmed, smooth-striding, smooth-surfaced, smooth-talk, smooth-talkers, smooth-talking, smooth-textured, smooth-toned, smooth-tongued, smooth-trowelled, smooth-walled.

Ending with "smooth": satin-smooth, silk-smooth, super-smooth.

Albanian

sheshoj (flatten, iron out, level, plaster, press out, smooth out), zdrugoj (skunk, whop), zbut (allay, amortise, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), lëmoj (burnish, civilize, clean, dub, even, finish, grind, pet, polish), i sheshtë (even, flat, level, tabular), i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i patrazuar (comfortable, comfy, heart-whole, imperturbable, laid back, level, peaceful, placid, unabashed, unadulterated, unblended, unconcerned, undigested, unperturbed), i lëmuar (ganoid, glace, glib, highbred, nice, polished, polite, refined, sleek, sleeken, sleeky, slick, smooth-faced, soft, unruffled, waxy, well mannered), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, soft, sweet, sympathetic), hekuros (iron, press), butë (flabbily, indulgent, lightly, piano, soft), ëmbël (gentle, soft, sweet, sweetly, tender). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نظم الأمور, ‏أصبح أملس, ‏أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, stave off, suppress, take away), ‏أملس (downy, lubricious, sleek, slick, soapy, unctuous, unruffled), ‏امرد (glabrous, hairless), ‏صقل (buff, buffer, burn, burnish, cultivate, enamel, furbish, gloss, glossiness, grind, lacquer, perfect, planish, plume, polish, refine, rumble, scour, shine, sleek, stone), ‏عذب (agonize, agreeable, bedevil, benign, charming, chasten, crucify, devil, dulcet, freshen, grilled, harrow, harry, hearty, leisurely, liquid, murder, palmy, persecute, pillory, plague, quiet, rack, rack one's brains, scourge, silken, silky, sleek, smite, smooth spoken, soft, suave, sweet, sympathetic, tantalize, tease, tender, torment, torture, wrench, wring), ‏سوى (accommodate, adjust, but, compose, compound, dispose, equalize, equate, even, flatten, normalize, patch, regularize, settle, straighten), ‏سوي (normal, regular, right, square, straight), ‏سهل (ease, ease off, easy, even, expedite, facilitate, favor, favour, flat, frail, get-at-able, plain, quite simple, simple, slick, soft), ‏تمليس, ‏رقيق (aerial, affectionate, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, fine, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, gracious, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, lovely, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, quiet, refined, romance, sharp, sloppy, soft-hearted, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), ‏لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, fine, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), سهل (easy, soft, to make easy), ‏ناعم (cosiness, delicate, downy, fine, gentle, glace, mellow, neat, on velvet, powdery, silken, silky, soft, springy, squashy, tender, velvet, velvety), ‏هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏مريح (agreeable, calming, comfort, comfortable, convenient, cosy, easeful, easy, easygoing, refreshing, relaxing, restful, snug, soothing), ‏مصقول (brushed up, buffed, burnished, cultivated, furbished, glazed, glossed, lustered, polished, refined, scoured, smoothed, suave), ‏متملق (blandly, coaxing, courtly, fawning, ingratiating, insinuating, oily, oleaginous, slimy, soapy, unctuous, wheedling), ‏ملاسة, ‏ملس (plume, roll, sleek, smoothie, stroke), ‏ملس القماش, ‏مهد (bed, cradle, even, flat, flatten, grade, level, pave, plane, roll), ‏ممهد (flat), ‏لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity). (various references)

Bulgarian 

нестипчив, пивък (light, mellow, palatable, suave), плавно (flowingly, fluently, trippingly), приглаждам (sleek, slick), премахвам (cut out, delete, do away, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, kill, level, make away with, obviate, put down, remove, rid, rip out, undo), лицемерен (canting, double faced, false, hypocritical, jesuitic, jesuitical, pharisaic, simon-pure, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced), ласкателен (adulatory, buttery, flattering, honeyed, honey-mouthed, oily, well oiled), лесен (easy, effortless, facile, liveable, potty, ready, ready made, runaway, simple, snap, soft), изглаждам (adjust, atone, calender, face, file, iron out, level, make up, patch, patch up, plane, planish, polish, polish up, press out, reconcile, sleek, slick, smarm, sponge out), любезен (accommodating, affable, agreeable, amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, debonair, fair, fair-spoken, friendly, gentle, gracious, kind, mellow, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, soft spoken, urbane, well spoken), уравновесен (balanced, equable, equal, equiponderant, even, even tempered, even-minded, level, level headed, sedate, settled, sober minded, well balanced), гладко (evenly, fluently, levelly, without a hitch), гладък (clean, even, facile, flat, fluent, fluid, glace, level, lubricous, round, satiny, sleek, slick, unctuous, unruffled), шлифовам (cut, lap, planish, polish, varnish), равен (concurrent, equal, even, fellow, flat, flush, level, like, on a par with, peer, stricken, tantamount), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), спокойно (calmly, easy, evenly, gently, leisurely, quiet, quietly), улеснявам (facilitate, favour, grease, settle, tide), лъскам (brighten, furbish, glance, gloss, grind, polish, satin, scour, shine, varnish). (various references)

Catalan

llis (even, flat, level). (various references)

Chinese 

光滑 (glossy, sleek). (various references)

Czech

zmírnit (allay, alleviate, break, cushion, deaden, defuse, dilute, ease, extenuate, loosen, mitigate, palliate, relieve, remit, slacken, soften, soothe, subdue, temper, tone down, understate), vláèný, uhladit (flatten, polish, sleek, slick), pravidelný (normal, orderly, periodic, periodical, regular, routine, steady), příjemný (agreeable, congenial, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, good, jolly, neighborly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, Savory, snug, suave, sweet, winning, winsome), ohoblovat (shave off), klidný (calm, collected, composed, cool, easy, halcyon, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, silent, sober, still, temperate, tranquil, uneventful, unmoved, unperturbed), hladký (even, facile, glassy, round, soft, straight, unlined, unruffled), hladce vyholený, hebký (creamy, downy, furry, soft), bezproblémový, úlisný (honeyed, honied, ingratiating, mealy mouthed, sleek, smarmy, smooth-faced). (various references)

Danish

glat (flat, plain, silky, unctuous), flad (even, flat, level). (various references)

Dutch

vlak (even, exactly, flat, level, sharp), glad (slippery), effen (academic, even, flat, level). (various references)

Esperanto

glatigi (make smooth), glata, ebena (even, flat, level). (various references)

Faeroese

slættur (even, flat, level), javnur (even, flat, level), hálur. (various references)

Farsi 

صیقلی (Glossy, Levigate, Reflective, Shiny, Sleek, Slight), بی تکان , بی مو (Hairless), دلنواز, روان (Cursive, Easy, Fluent, Ghost, Glib, Handy, Liquid, Psyche, Spirit, Versatile, Voluble), روان کردن , ارام کردن (Acquiesce, Allay, Alleviate, Appease, Assuage, Conciliate, Cool, Gentle, Lull, Pacify, Placate, Quiet, Silence, Solace, Still), صاف شدن (Fine), بدون اشکال بودن , صافکاری کردن , ملایم شدن , سطح صاف (Slick), سلیس (Easy, Fluent, Glib, Liquid, Versatile, Voluble), تسکین دادن (Appease, Mitigate, Pacify, Palliate, Placate, Propitiate, Quell, Salve), قسمت صاف هرچیز, نرم (Downy, Effeminate, Fine, Floppy, Levigate, Limber, Lithe, Mellow, Plastic, Pliant, Silken, Silky, Sleek, Slick, Soft, Spongy, Suave, Supple, Tractable, Velvet), هموار (Even, Flat, Level, Plain, Plane, Tabulate), ملایم (Benign, Bland, Breezy, Clement, Downy, Easy, Equable, Gentle, Kindly, Lenient, Meek, Mild, Moderate, Sedate, Soft, Suave), صاف کردن (Clear, Even, Face, Fine, Hone, Pave, Percolate, Perk, Plane, Serene, Sleek, Strain, Unwrap, Urbanize). (various references)

Finnish

tasoittaa (equalize, even, level, make even, round balance, trim), tasainen (even, flat, level, steady, uniform), sileä (even, sleek). (various references)

French

lisse, uni, plat, polir, lisser. (various references)

Frisian

glêd, flak (even, flat, level). (various references)

German

glatt (bland, clean, completely, cool, direct, downright, even, flat, flatly, glib, glibby, glossy, level, outright, plain, polished, really, sheer, silken, silky, sleek, slick, slickly, slippery, smoothly, suave, unruffled, waveless), glätten (even, face, iron, make smooth, neaten, plane, polish, polish up, sleek, smooth away, smooth out, straight out, to smooth), glattstreichen (smooth down, to smooth down), eben (even, exactly, flat, just, just now, level, now, planar, plane, precisely, simply). (various references)

Greek 

λειαίνω (abrade, planish, sleek, slick, surface), λείος (sleek). (various references)

Hebrew 

חלק (blank, even, fate, flat, fraction, glace, installment, level, lot, part, partition, portion, section, share, slick, soft). (various references)

Hungarian

simán (glibly, sleekly, slick, smoothly). (various references)

Indonesian

papak (flat, level), merata (be spread evenly, prevalent), menggampangkan (facilitate, take lightly), mencanai (make even), angler (quiet). (various references)

Irish

réidh (ready; smooth). (various references)

Italian

piano (arrangement, deck, design, even, flat, floor, gently, in a low voice, level, level land, map, piano, plain, plan, plane, plot, project, schedule, scheme, shallow, slow, storey, story, tabulate, tier), liscio (bald, glib, lank, makeup, neat, plain, simple, sleek, slick, smoothly, straightforward, swimmingly, undeluted), levigare (flatten, polish, rub down, sand), spianare (flatten, level, make level, plane, rase, raze, roll out, smooth out, surface). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

平ら (calm, flatness, level, plain, sitting tailor fashion). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいら (calm, flatness, level, plain, sitting tailor fashion), つるつる (slippery), スムーズ , スムース , へいかつ (even, flat, level). (various references)

Korean 

매끄러운 (silken, silky, sleek, slick). (various references)

Manx

smoodal (calender, iron, ironing, smooth over, smoothing), shliawinagh (insinuating), shliawin (insidious, lubricated, skiddy, sleek, slippery, smooth-faced, soapy), reajagh (correct, discreet, orderly), rea (clear, clear as water, continuously, easy of manner, facile, flat, horizontal, level, male sheep, plain, plane, ram, regularly, sleek, steady, tup; even), meeley (bland, delicate, fine, fine to touch, mangling, moisten, soft, soft-spoken, yielding), meein (bland, clement, fine, gentle, Halcyon days, pet, silky, soft, tame not wild; assuage pain; small ground, tame; assuage; small ground), jannoo rea (level, level up, sleek). (various references)

Norwegian

flat (even, flat, level). (various references)

Pig Latin

oothsmay.(various references)

Portuguese

liso (even-minded, flat, glossy, hard-up, lank, level, plain, plane, sleek, sleeky, slick, unruffled), polir (basil, brighten, burnish, furbish, glass, gloss, grind, lap, make smooth, planish, refine, rub, scour, scrape, sleek, spall, varnish), alisar (basil, comb, dab, dub, fettle, grind, level, make smooth, planish, preen, prink, rake, rake up, scrape, smarm), polido (attentive, cleanly cut, courtly, gentle, glossy, mannerly, neat, net, polished, polite, precise, shiny, sleek, sleeky, specular, urbane, well-bred, well-spoken), plano (cadre, champaign, concoction, design, designing, device, diagram, dodge, dodgery, draught, even, flat, frame, framing, game, groundwork, idea, layout, level, line, plain, plan, plane, project, proposition, scheme, smattering, surface, system). (various references)

Romanian

statornic (abiding, constant, constantly, durable, lasting, permanently, rigid, settled, stable, steadfast, steadfastly, unchanging, unfailing), chel (bald, bald-headed, hairless, pilgarlic, scalpless), îndulci (alleviate, break, delight, dulcify, mellow, modify, palliate, satisfy, soften, sugar, sweeten, tame), fluent (flowing, fluent, fluently, glib), finisa (dress, face, finalize, finish, polish up), egal (coequal, commensurate, coordinate, equal, equally, even, even tempered, evenly, fellow, identic, identical, level, match, peer, proportionate, regular, Square, unchangeable, uniform), dulce (amorously, benign, bland, candied, charming, dear, dessert, dulcet, flattering, fresh, genial, gentle, gently, honeyed, lovable, luscious, melliferous, mellow, melodious, slack, soft, suave, sugared, sweet, sweetly, sweets, tender, winning), dezmierda (blandish, caress, chuck, cosher, cosset, delight, divert, flatter, fondle, pet, stroke), descreţi, constant (abiding, constant, firm, permanent, steadfast, steady, unchanging, unfailing, uniform), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth down, soothe, still), calma (allay, appease, becalm, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, quiet, salve, settle, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper, tranquillize), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), cãlca (break, calender, foot, go, hot-press, infringe, iron, mangle, press, step, tread, trespass, violate), şlefui (abrade, file, furbish, grind, lap, mill, rough), ascunde (cloak, conceal, Cork, cover, curtain, cushion, disguise, dissemble, ensconce, enwrap, hide, hood, hugger mugger, keep away, keep back, mask, put away, put by, screen, secrete, shroud, tuck, tuck away, veil, wrap), aplana (accommodate, adjust, arrange, compose, fix up, make up, patch up, settle, stay), înveseli (amuse, cheer, deck, divert, elevate, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, jazz up, joy, liven, rejoice), întins (broad, even, expanse, expansion, expansive, extensive, flat, flatly, large, lengthy, mighty, open, outspread, prone, recumbent, spacious, sprawling, strained, stretched, supine, taut, tense, vast), cu calm (composedly), netezi (arrange, dress, edge, flatten, grade, iron, plane, satinize, sleek, smooth down, Square, stroke, tabulate, trim), regulat (equable, even, harmonious, legitimate, normal, orderly, ordinary, regular, regularly, rhythmic, rhythmical, staple, steady), potrivi (accommodate, accord, adapt, adjust, arrange, correct, dovetail, fit, fit in, match, put, reconcile, rectify, register, regulate, reset, shape, Square, trim, trim in), potoli (becalm, compromise, dulcify, dull, hush, lighten, lull, mollify, quench, quiet, reassure, relieve, slack, slake, smooth down, sober, solace, stay, still, subdue, suppress, sweeten, temper, tranquillize), poliza (face, grind), pleşuv (bald, bald-headed, bare, barren, hairless), plana (fly, hover, sail, soar, volplane), plãcut (agreeable, cheerful, comely, dulcet, fine, genial, genially, gladsome, good, goodly, grateful, gratefully, gratifying, handsome, homey, kindly, likable, listenable, merry, neat, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, snug, sweet), liber (at a loose end, at large, at leisure, autonomous, available, bast, bondless, clear, disengaged, easily, empty, fetterless, free, go-as-you-please, gracious, gratis, informal, leisured, loose, loosely, naked, odd, off, off duty, open, spontaneous, unchecked, uncombined, unconstrained, unengaged, unhampered, unhindered, unoccupied, unreserved, vacant, void), nivela (equalize, flatten, level, level away, scrape), lin (flowing, gentle, mild, quiet, slowly, smoothly, soft, sweet, tench), neted (clear, even, evenly, flat, flush, lank, level ground, plain, plane, polished, sleek, slick, smooth-faced, smoothly), moale (apathetic, apathetical, doughy, flabby, flexible, invertebrate, languid, languidly, lax, light, limp, limply, mellow, mild, milk and water, pillowy, pulpy, silky, slack, slacky, sloppy, soft, supine, tame, tender, thawy, velvety, weak, yielding), mieros (cajoling, greasy, honeyed, ingratiating, oilily, oily, silky, sleek, smooth-faced, soapy, sugary, unctuous), mãtãsos (silken, silky, velvety), mângâietor (comfortable, comforter, comforting, softening), mângâia (caress, chuck, chuckle, comfort, cosset, delight, fondle, pander to, Pat, pet, relieve, solace, soothe, stroke), lins (lank, lanky, liched, lick, licking, sleek, smoothed), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), omogen (homogene, homogeneal, homogeneous, unitary). (various references)

Russian 

успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), уравнивать (equalize, equate, even), сглаживать (downplay, even, iron out, level), ровный (equable, even, even temper, flat, level), ровно (even, evenly, exactly, flat, level, sharp), разглаживать гладкий (smoothed), шлифовать (abrade, file), гладко (sleekly, smoothly, swimmingly), гладкий (clean, even, glace, glassy, glib, lank, level, lubricous, sleek, sleeken, sleeky, slick, unruffled), бесперебойный (continuous), приглаживать (sleeks). (various references)

Scottish

sleamhuinn (slimy, slippery), slìom (deceitful, sleek), réidh (arranged, level, plain, ready, uninterrupted), liosraig, lìomh (polish), ciùin (mild, peaceful, placid, vn. become quiet; become calm). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ugladiti (smooth out, trim), uglađen (genteel, polished, polite, refined, sleek, slick, suave, trim), miran (calm, composed, douce, halcyon, orderly, peaceful, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, still, stilly, tranquil), milozvučan (dulcet, euphonious, mellifluent, mellifluous, melodious, orotund, tuneful), glatko (glibly, smoothly, swimmingly), gladak (even, fine, glib, level, napless, sleeky, slick). (various references)

Spanish

liso (blank, even, flat, level, self-colored, self-coloured), plano (design, diagram, even, flat, level, map, plan, plane, plat, plot, shot), alisar (flatten, sleek, slick, smooth down). (various references)

Sranan

grati. (various references)

Swahili

laini (soft). (various references)

Swedish

jämn (clean, consistent, equable, even, flat, level, plane, round, steady, uniform, unruffled), glatt (cheerfully, gaily, glossy, joyfully, merrily, slippery), slät (even, flat, level, mediocre, plain, poor, sleek, slick), mjuk (gentle, limp, Pappy, pillowy, pulpy, soft, squashy, tender, yielding), glätta (calender, glaze, gloss, planish, polish, sleek). (various references)

Tagalog

madulás. (various references)

Thai

เรียบ (even, tabulate), ราบรื่น. (various references)

Turkish

sinekkaydı, sakinleştirmek (allay, appease, becalm, calm, hush, pacify, placate, quiet, smooth down, soothe, steady, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), sakinleşmek (become tranquilized, calm down, compose oneself, cool down, hush, let one's hair down, let up, quiet, quiet down, quieten, resettle, simmer down, slacken, smooth down, still, subside), sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, sedate, serene, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), süt liman olmak, mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), şık (alternative, chic, choice, classy, dandyish, dapper, dashing, doggy, dressy, elegant, fashionable, flash, go-go, in the ton, jaunty, mod, nifty, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, sleek, smart, smug, snappy, snazzy, spicy, spiffing, spiffy, sporty, streamlined, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, thoroughbred, tidy, tonish, trig, up-market), düz (even, flat, flatways, flatwise, flush, horizontal, level, plain, plane, platy-, right, slick, straight), düzeltmek (adjust, ameliorate, amend, arrange, better, clean up, correct, dub, emend, face-lift, fix, grade, grade up, haul up, heal, improve, justify, level, level off, level out, meliorate, mend, plane, planish, polish, polish up, reclaim, rectify, redress, refine, reform, regenerate, remedy, reorganize, right, set aright, slick, smooth away, smooth down, smooth out, smooth over, Spruce, spruce up, Square, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, trim, try out, unbend, unscramble, upgrade), düzgün (clear-cut, Dandy, dandyish, fluent, formal, in good trim, ordered, regular, right, shapely, shipshape, slick, Spruce, Square, straight, trim, unruffled), düzleştirmek (even, flatten, level, slick, surface), düzlemek (even, flatten, flush, plane, plaster, point up, shallow, sleek, slick, smooth out, smooth over, try out), hoş (affable, agreeable, beautiful, bonny, canny, charming, clean-cut, congenial, debonair, debonaire, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, elegant, enjoyable, fine, fragrant, handsome, jolly, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, nice, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prettily, pretty, sapid, smart, suave, subtile, subtle, sweetly, tuneful, well, winning, winsome), huzur veren (balmy, balsamic, calming, piping, quiet, relaxing, restful, soothing), akıcı (diffluent, facile, fastmoving, flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, mellifluous, runny, speaking, torrential, voluble), kolaylaştırmak (be helpful, catalyze, ease, expedite, facilitate, further, make a dent in, make easy, pave the way, pave the way for, remit, short circuit, simplify, smooth the way, streamline), yumuşatmak (attemper, chasten, dulcify, limber up, loosen, mellow, melt, moderate, mollify, mute, relax, season, shake up, soft pedal, soften, supple, tame, unbend, unman), pürüzsüz (clean-cut, fluently, glabrous, glare, glazed, sleek), tatlı (afters, agreeable, amiable, beautiful, blancmange, delightful, dessert, dulcet, fruity, honeyed, honied, luscious, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, pleasant, saccharine, sapid, silken, silky, soft, suave, subtile, subtle, sugary, sweet, sweetie, sweeties, sweetmeat, toothsome), yumuşak (benignant, bland, ductile, easygoing, effeminate, flabby, flaccid, floppy, gentle, heartthrob, kid glove, kindly, lax, lenient, light, limp, malleable, mellow, mild, pulpy, soft, soft boiled, spongy, supple, tender, velvet, yielding), kolay (cushy, downhill, easy, effortless, facile, flowing, open and shut, ready, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, unlaboured). (various references)

Turkmen 

sypalamak (pet), tekizlemek, tekiz, яylmanak. (various references)

Ukrainian

стертий (obliterate, obsolete, worn out), усувати (abolish, brush aside, castigate, depose, dethrone, displace, eliminate, obviate, preclude, put away, smooth away, take off, vanish), спокійно (at ease, calmly, easy, evenly, leisurely, peacefully, quietly, serenely, with abandon), рівно (all, dead, even, pari passu, steady), гладко (evenly, flat, smoothly, swimmingly), гладенька поверхня, гладенький (sleeky), однорідний (connatural, homogeneous, kindred, pure, self), згладжувати (blur, efface, iron out, smooth over), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), пригладжування, пом'якшувати (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, dulcify, expurgate, gentle, milden, mitigate, modify, mollify, palatalize, rebate, remit, smooth over, soft pedal, soften, soothe, tone down), плавний (fluent, liquid, well-rounded). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trơn (slithery), nhẫn (circlet), mượt; bằng phẳng, lặng trôi chảy, khoái (delicious), dịu; nhịp nhàng uyển chuyển hoà nhã, êm thấm êm. (various references)

Welsh

llyfnu (harrow, level), llyfnhau (level, plane), llyfn (even, sleek), llathraidd (of fine growth), llathr (bright, glossy), esmwyth (easy, soft). (various references)

Yucatec

taax (even, flat, level), hay (even, flat, gaunt, lean, level, slender, thin). (various references)

adleva, adlevabit, adlevassent, adlevat, adlevavit, adleventur, æquus, blanda, blande, blandis, blandus, lenes, lenia, lenis, levana, leve, levem, levi, levia, levigabis, levigandum, levigatis, leviora, leviores, levis, levius, leviusque, mollem, molles, mollibus, mollis, planus, poliendos, polita, politis, polito, politorum, rotunda, rotunditas, rotundum, sedo, teres, tripoli. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "smooth": smoothbore, smoothbores, smoothed, smoothen, smoothened, smoothening, smoothens, smoother, smoothers, smoothes, smoothest, smoothie, smoothies, smoothing, smoothly, smoothness, smoothnesses, smooths, smoothy. (additional references)

Words ending with "smooth": besmooth, resmooth, supersmooth, ultrasmooth. (additional references)

Words containing "smooth": besmoothed, besmoothing, besmooths, resmoothed, resmoothing, resmooths, unsmoothed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Smooth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mooth, mosotho, rsmooth, Smeeth, smoat, smoo, smood, smoosh, smootch, smoothe, smooths, smoothy, smootu, smuth, snoota, snoth, snuth, sroth, Zogoth. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: homos, hoots, moots, moths, shoot, sooth.

-2 letters: homo, hoot, host, hots, mhos, moos, moot, mosh, most, moth, mots, ohms, oohs, oots, shmo, shoo, shot, soot, soth, toms, toom, tosh.

-3 letters: hot, mho, moo, mos, mot, ohm, oho, ohs, oms, ooh, oot, som, sot, tho, tom, too.

-4 letters: hm, ho, mo, oh, om, os, sh.

+1 letter: smooths, smoothy.

+2 letters: besmooth, lothsome, moonshot, resmooth, smoothed, smoothen, smoother, smoothes, smoothie, smoothly.

+3 letters: bathrooms, besmooths, homeports, hometowns, hoteldoms, hypostome, loathsome, monoliths, moonshots, outhomers, outhumors, photomaps, photomask, resmooths, smoothens, smoothers, smoothest, smoothies, smoothing, tomboyish, toothsome, townhomes.

+4 letters: besmoothed, bothersome, ectomorphs, goalmouths, godmothers, homeopaths, homografts, hypostomes, loudmouths, matchbooks, matchwoods, mesothorax, monotheism, monotheist, moonlights, mothproofs, moustachio, photograms, photomasks, posthumous, resmoothed, schoolmate, schooltime, smoothbore, smoothened, smoothness, theonomies, theonomous, thromboses, thrombosis, unsmoothed.