Suave

Definition: Suave

Suave

Adjective

1. Having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman".

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.

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

Date "suave" was first used: sometime around 1501. (references)

Etymology: Suave \Suave\, adjective. [Latin expression suavis sweet, pleasant: compare to the French expression suave. See Sweet, and compare to Suasion.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Suave

Safety

Phr. all's well; salva res est; suave mari magno; a couvert; e terra alterius spectare laborem; Dieu vous garde.

Crosswords: Suave

French (gentle, mild, soft, sweet, tender), Latin (agreeable, attractive, charming, gratifying, pleasant, sweet), Portuguese (bland, creamy, delicate, douce, downy, dulcet, easy, facile, genial, gentle, glib, lambent, lamblike, lenient, meek, mellifluent, mellifluous, mild, piano, placable, pleasant, silken, sleek, sleeky, smooth, soft, soft-spoken, suave, sweet, tender), Spanish (balmy, dulcet, genial, gentle, mild, silken, silky, smooth, soft, suave, subdued, supple, sweet).

What would someone cool and suave say? (Andy Richter Controls the Universe; writing credit: John Banas)

At every suave young man (A Well Respected Man; performing artist: The Kinks)

Los que viven donde el viento sopla suave (1973)

Fíjate qué suave (1948)

Suave Veneno (1999)

Marea suave (1997)

Suave el aliento (1986)

Rico Suave (performing artist: Gerardo)

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

Books

• Bioenergetica Suave (reference)

• Conte suave (reference)

• Curso de Osteopatia Suave (reference)

• Dulce, suave, duro, amargo (reference)

• Le pouvoir suisse : séduction démocratique et répression suave (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fijate Que Suave (reference)

• Rico Suave (reference)

• Suave Carino (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Guitarra Suave (reference)

• Suave Suave (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

I supple and suave.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "suave": Sium suave ♦ suave mari magno. Additional references.

Beginning with "suave": suave-looking.

Ending with "suave": super-suave.

Albanian

i sjellshëm (amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, courtly, delicate, discreet, fair-spoken, gallant, genteel, good, kind, kindly, mannerly, nice, polite, well bred, well mannered, well-behaved). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مصقول (brushed up, buffed, burnished, cultivated, furbished, glazed, glossed, lustered, polished, refined, scoured, smooth, smoothed), ‏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, smooth, soft, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), ‏لبق (adroit, clever, diplomatic, refined, skilful, skillful, smart, tactful, urbane), ‏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, smooth spoken, soft, sweet, sympathetic, tantalize, tease, tender, torment, torture, wrench, wring), ‏أنيق (bijou, chic, classy, coxcomb, dainty, dapper, dashing, dinky, dressy, elegant, exclusive, fine, gallant, genteel, good looking, gracious, jaunty, ladylike, mincing, natty, neat, nice, perky, personable, posh, presentable, rich, saucy, seemly, sharp, smart, smug, sophisticated, spick and span, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, spruce, stylish, swagger, swell, tailor made, taut, tidy, tight, trim, well groomed), ‏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, smooth, soft-hearted, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), ‏دمث (affable, courteous, gentle, mannerly, mild, pleasant). (various references)

Bulgarian 

учтив (attentive, civil, courteous, fair-spoken, forthcoming, mannerly, polite, urbane, well mannered), благ (avuncular, benign, benignant, charitable, dovelike, gentle, good tempered, gracious, kindly, mild, sweet), привидно ласкав, пивък (light, mellow, palatable, smooth). (various references)

Chinese 

�'��"�. (various references)

Czech

zdvořilý (civil, civil-spoken, courteous, fair-spoken, gracious, polite, respectful, well mannered, well spoken), příjemný (agreeable, congenial, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, good, jolly, neighborly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, Savory, smooth, snug, sweet, winning, winsome), lahodný (appetizing, dainty, delicious, delightful, gentle, luscious, nutty, Savory, sweet, yummy), jemný (bland, dainty, delicate, fine, gentle, graceful, gracious, light, milky, nice, silken, silky, soft, subtle, superfine, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, wispy). (various references)

Farsi 

فهمیده وباادب , ملایم (Benign, Bland, Breezy, Clement, Downy, Easy, Equable, Gentle, Kindly, Lenient, Meek, Mild, Moderate, Sedate, Smooth, Soft), مودب (Courteous, Courtly, Debonair, Decorous, Housebroken, Mannerly, Nice, Respectful, Unselfish, Urbane), نرم (Downy, Effeminate, Fine, Floppy, Levigate, Limber, Lithe, Mellow, Plastic, Pliant, Silken, Silky, Sleek, Slick, Smooth, Soft, Spongy, Supple, Tractable, Velvet), خوش خوراک , شیک (Chic, Dapper, Dinky, Scrumptious, Smart, Snappy, Stylish, Swell, Trig). (various references)

French

poli, onctueux, moelleux, mignon, doucereux (sugary), douce, chic, élégant. (various references)

German

sanft (bland, blandly, calm, caressing, delicate, gentle, gently, kindly, meek, meekly, mellow, mild, mildly, peaceful, placidly, quiet, silken, smooth, smoothly, soft, softly, undulating). (various references)

Greek 

γλυκύσ (balmy, mellow, sweet). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ� ומס (civil, courteous, decorous, gentleman, mannerly, polite, tactful), א�"יב (affable, civil, courteous, gallant, genial, gracious, kind, kindly, mannerly, obliging, polite, well mannered), � עים �"ליכות (debonair). (various references)

Hungarian

nyájas (affable, benign, bland, comely, complacent, complaisant, endearing, friendly, gentle, good-natured, kind, meek, placid, sweet), lágy (bland, mellow, milky, silken, silky, soft, still, tender), kellemes (affable, agreeable, benign, bland, comfortable, comfy, congenial, cushy, dainty, debonair, delectable, delicate, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, fine, genial, glad, grateful, harmonious, likable, lovely, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refined, soft, sweet, to elate, welcome), kedves (affable, amiable, beloved, bland, comely, darling, dear, ducky, expensive, friendly, gentle, good-natured, kind, lady love, likable, lovable, loveable, lovely, lover, loving, marrow, mild, nice, paramour, sweet, Valentine, valuable), csiszolt (accomplished, burnish, chaste, polished, refined, smooth, sophisticated), behízelgő (coaxing, insinuating, silky, sweet, unctuous), édes (ducky, dulcet, gentle, luscious, soft, sweet, tender, to taste sweet). (various references)

Italian

soave (sweet), mellifluo (honeyed, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous, nectariferous, sleek, smooth, sugary). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

優しい (affectionate, amiable, gentle, graceful, kind, tender). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

やさしい (affectionate, amiable, easy, gentle, graceful, kind, plain, simple, tender). (various references)

Korean 

� 쾌한. (various references)

Pig Latin

uavesay

Portuguese

suave (bland, creamy, delicate, douce, downy, dulcet, easy, facile, genial, gentle, glib, lambent, lamblike, lenient, meek, mellifluent, mellifluous, mild, piano, placable, pleasant, silken, sleek, sleeky, smooth, soft, soft-spoken, sweet, tender). (various references)

Romanian

suav (mellow, melodious, sweet), dulce (amorously, benign, bland, candied, charming, dear, dessert, dulcet, flattering, fresh, genial, gentle, gently, honeyed, lovable, luscious, melliferous, mellow, melodious, slack, smooth, soft, sugared, sweet, sweetly, sweets, tender, winning). (various references)

Russian 

учтивый (courteous). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

umilan (ingratiating, pleasant), uglađen (genteel, polished, polite, refined, sleek, slick, smooth, trim), ljubazan (affable, amiable, amicable, benignant, complaisant, debonair, kind, kind hearted, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, nice, obliging). (various references)

Spanish

zalamero (affectionate, bootlicker, caressing, cuddlesome, cuddly, flattering, greasy, oily, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smoothie, unctuous), fino (choice, dainty, delicate, discriminating, fine, gaunt, genteel, gossamer, ladylike, lean, nice, polished, refined, semiprecious, sharp, sheer, shrewd, slender, subtil, subtile, subtle, thin), cortés (attentive, civil, complaisant, courteous, courtly, debonair, gallant, genteel, gracious, mannerly, polite, urbane, well bred, well mannered, well-mannered), afable (affable, agreeable, companionable, forthcoming, genial, good natured, gracious, informal, lovable, Matey, maty, smooth, sociable). (various references)

Swedish

förbindlig (affable, bland, courteous, obliging). (various references)

Thai

อ่อนโยน (kind, kindly, mild, soft, svelte, tender). (various references)

Turkish

tatlı dilli (pleasant-spoken, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, soft spoken), tatlı (afters, agreeable, amiable, beautiful, blancmange, delightful, dessert, dulcet, fruity, honeyed, honied, luscious, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, pleasant, saccharine, sapid, silken, silky, smooth, soft, subtile, subtle, sugary, sweet, sweetie, sweeties, sweetmeat, toothsome), nazik (affable, attentive, brittle, civil, civilized, civil-spoken, complaisant, considerate, courteous, dainty, debonair, debonaire, decent, delicate, distingue, Douce, eggshell, exquisite, fair, genteel, gentle, gracious, kid glove, kind, mannerly, mild, obliging, parliamentary, polished, polite, sweet-natured, tender, ticklish, tickly, touchy, trickish, tricky, urbane, well disposed), 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, smooth, subtile, subtle, sweetly, tuneful, well, winning, winsome). (various references)

Ukrainian

улесливий (adulatory, bland, candied, fawning, honeyed, obsequious, oily, silky, sleeky, wheedling), ввічливий (affable, bland, civil, complaisant, conventional, courteous, courtly, debonair, diplomatic, discreet, mannerly, polite, respectful, urbane). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thơm dịu khéo léo, dịu ngọt. (various references)

suavis. (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 "suave": suavely, suaveness, suavenesses, suaver, suavest. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Suave" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Safaev, saucve, saude, sauge, sauv, sauva, sauve, sauver, Sauze, savhe, scave, scavi, scutage, Seaven, skave, soavey, Souyave, spave, squav, squave, srave, suae, suase, suavee, suaver, suavvy, suavy, sudave, sudve, sueve, Suivez, suivie, surve, suva, suve, tauve. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: uveas.

-1 letter: aves, save, uvea, vase, vaus.

-2 letters: ave, eau, sae, sau, sea, sue, use, vas, vau.

-3 letters: ae, as, es, us.

+1 letter: avulse, fauves, mauves, naevus, suaver, values.

+2 letters: abusive, amusive, avenues, avulsed, avulses, favuses, quavers, sevruga, suasive, suavely, suavest, unsaved, vaguest, valuers, varuses, zouaves.

+3 letters: allusive, alveolus, avouches, couvades, devalues, disvalue, evacuees, gravures, juvenals, misvalue, outraves, ovulates, parvenus, plausive, ravenous, revalues, savoured, savourer, sevrugas, subovate, unravels, unshaved, unshaven, unweaves, upheaves, vacuoles, valguses, valuates, valvules, vaqueros, vaulters, vaunters, vesicula, vestural, vesuvian, vulgates.