Antonyms for smear
smɪərsmear

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. smear

   Antonyms:
   abrade, levigate, polish, scour, scrape

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

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Cytologic Specimen
   • Defamation
   • Dirty

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 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

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1. smearnoun

   Synonyms:
   smooch, smutch, blotch, daub

2. smearverb

   Synonyms:
   besmear, daub

How to use smear in a sentence?

1. Hunter Biden:

   The 2,000-word summation of a 30-minute phone call released by White House makes clear that days after the President ordered the delay of Congressionally-appropriated military assistance to Ukraine, he implored the President of Ukraine to work with his personal attorney to manufacture a smear against a domestic political opponent, using a malicious conspiracy theory that has been universally debunked by every independent outlet that has looked at it.

2. Carolyn McNeice:

   Their closing is just another attempt to smear Ms. Driscoll.

3. Warner Huh:

   For years, women's health care has been anchored around the Pap smear.

4. Rob Porter:

   Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters. Rob Porter, meanwhile, pushed back strongly on the allegations in the press. These outrageous allegations are simply false. I took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described. I have been transparent and truthful about these vile claims, but I will not further engage publicly with a coordinated smear campaign, my commitment to public service speaks for itself. I have always put duty to country first and treated others with respect. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served in the Trump Administration and will seek to ensure a smooth transition when I leave White House.

5. Merrick Garland:

   This entire Chantilly Virginia debacle showed one of the weaknesses of Democratic Party which is focusing on their Trump-hate, the same kind of vitriol that they’ve been attacking Rush with since the beginning of the program … They do n’t rely on facts, they just want to smear and discredit their political opponents rather than engage them and it is starting to backfire.

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