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Antonyms for smear
smɪərsmear

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. smearverb

    To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.

    This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears.

    Synonyms:
    streak

  2. smearverb

    To have a substance smeared on (a surface).

    I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear.

    Synonyms:
    cover, Pap smear, Pap test, coat, layer

  3. smearverb

    Synonyms:
    spread

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. smear

    Antonyms:
    abrade, levigate, polish, scour, scrape

    Synonyms:
    daub, plaster, spatter, tarnish, besmear, coat, begrime, varnish, incrust

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smear, vilification, malignmentnoun

    slanderous defamation

    Synonyms:
    malignment, revilement, smudge, slur, spot, vilification, insult, cytosmear, cytologic smear, contumely, blot, stain, smirch, abuse, daub

  2. smear, cytologic smear, cytosmearnoun

    a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

    Synonyms:
    malignment, smudge, slur, spot, vilification, cytosmear, cytologic smear, blot, stain, smirch, daub

  3. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun

    a blemish made by dirt

    "he had a smudge on his cheek"

    Synonyms:
    smudge, bit, patch, dapple, office, speckle, pip, touch, cytosmear, place, aspersion, daub, fleck, cytologic smear, maculation, slur, post, stain, malignment, position, smirch, vilification, billet, blot, spotlight, spot, point, situation, berth, topographic point

  4. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stainverb

    an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

    "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

    Synonyms:
    vilification, billet, berth, blot, place, spot, mark, grunge, touch, dapple, discolouration, post, grease, spotlight, topographic point, point, bit, brand, position, cytosmear, grime, stigma, fleck, slur, dirt, maculation, daub, speckle, malignment, smudge, filth, discoloration, smirch, situation, office, stain, soil, pip, cytologic smear, patch

  5. smearverb

    stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

    Synonyms:
    smudge, blur, asperse, defame, denigrate, slander, calumniate, smutch, smirch, sully, besmirch, daub

  6. smear, blur, smudge, smutchverb

    make a smudge on; soil by smudging

    Synonyms:
    besmirch, smudge, asperse, dim, smutch, calumniate, confuse, denigrate, daub, film over, slander, blur, slur, sully, glaze over, blear, smirch, defame, obscure, obnubilate

  7. daub, smearverb

    cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

    "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

    Synonyms:
    smudge, blur, asperse, plaster, defame, denigrate, slander, calumniate, smutch, smirch, sully, besmirch, daub

  8. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb

    charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

    "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

    Synonyms:
    besmirch, smudge, asperse, maculate, taint, smutch, calumniate, tarnish, denigrate, minimize, slander, blur, defile, sully, stain, daub, smirch, defame, corrupt, belittle, cloud, derogate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smearnoun

    Synonyms:
    smooch, smutch, blotch, daub

  2. smearverb

    Synonyms:
    besmear, daub

How to use smear in a sentence?

  1. Kirstie Wilson:

    The operation was a success and I was cancer free for nearly two years. I had smear tests every three mons and every time they came back normal.

  2. Samit Aich:

    This is a smear, pure and simple, we believe in the Indian legal system. A campaign is being waged against dissent, but we will not be cowed.

  3. Limbaugh Show producer James Golden:

    They did everything they could with their allies in the mainstream press, who have very little intellectual honesty, to smear him and shade any story that they could to discredit him. And then, they actively – members of Congress who are supposed to support this Constitution of ours – wanted to shut down Rush’s First Amendment right to speak and shut down this program – thankfully they were not successful in doing it – but they honestly did try.

  4. Kirstie Wilson:

    I wish I had been given a smear test when I first visited my doctor as it might have saved my life.

  5. Thursday Browder:

    Natalia engaged Glenn Simpson and Fusion GPS in order to run an anti-Magnitsky Act smear campaign in Washington D.C. which was funded by sources connected to the Russian government.

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