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Synonyms 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

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

    Antonyms:
    abrade, levigate, polish, scour, scrape

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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. make black

    Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smearverb

    Synonyms:
    daub, bedaub, besmear, plaster, begrime, PAY

  2. smearverb

    Synonyms:
    contaminate, soil, stain, pollute, tarnish, sully

  3. smearnoun

    Synonyms:
    daub, stain

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smearnoun

    Synonyms:
    smooch, smutch, blotch, daub

  2. smearverb

    Synonyms:
    besmear, daub

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "smear":

    pap, blemish, defamatory, soiling, mancha, slander, blurring

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How to use smear in a sentence?

  1. Penny Mordaunt:

    She was talking about what motivates her personally, this is an attempt I think by a paper that has declared for the other candidate to smear Andrea.

  2. North Korea U.N. mission:

    The more the hostile forces including Japan become desperate in their attempt to smear the dignity of our people and sabotage our system under the disguise of 'human rights issues', the stronger our socialist system will grow.

  3. Ilhan Omar:

    I'm not going to have people try to smear me that belong to a political party that has elevated antisemites to the halls of Congress, like( US Rep.) Ilhan Omar, that have played footsie with the( boycott Israel) movement.

  4. Christian Coleman:

    I can afford a lawyer and have the best people defending me but a lot of people don't make a lot of money and if you're a lower name you might get run over by USADA, i feel you can't put a price on the fact I have to deal with this situation... and the smear of my reputation.

  5. Bill Browder:

    It appears on a whole range of stories they are in the lying and smear campaigning business, my experience does not look like an isolated incident.These guys play dirty, and I have seen it firsthand. NUNES FILES $ 9.9 M LAWSUIT AGAINST FUSION GPS, ALLEGING SMEAR CAMPAIGN AND RICO VIOLATIONS He continued :.


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