smoothness

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a texture without roughness;
smooth to the touch (Freq. 3)
- admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs
- some artists prefer the smoothness of a board
• Ant:
roughness
• Derivationally related forms:
smooth
• Hypernyms:
texture
• Hyponyms:
silkiness, sleekness, slickness, slick, slipperiness,
slipperiness, fineness, powderiness, polish, gloss,
glossiness, burnish
2. the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
• Syn:
suavity, suaveness, blandness
• Derivationally related forms:
smooth, bland (for: blandness), suave (for: suaveness), suave (for: suavity)
• Hypernyms:
graciousness
3. powerful and effective language
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
• Syn:
eloquence, fluency
• Derivationally related forms:
fluent (for: fluency), eloquent (for: eloquence)
• Hypernyms:
expressive style, style
4. the quality of having a level and even surface
- the water was a glassy smoothness
- the weather system of the Pacific is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean
• Derivationally related forms:
smooth
• Hypernyms:
evenness, invariability
5. the quality of being free from errors or interruptions
- the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified
• Derivationally related forms:
smooth
• Hypernyms:
effortlessness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  suavity, suaveness, blandness, eloquence, fluency
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  roughness, raggedness