Synonyms for smoothness
smooth·ness

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1. smoothnessnoun

   Antonyms:
   roughness

2. smoothnessnoun

   Antonyms:
   roughness

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1. smoothness

   Synonyms:
   amiability, courtesy, gentleness, good nature, kindness, mildness, sweetness

   Antonyms:
   acerbity, acrimony, asperity, bitterness, causticity, harshness, malignity, moroseness, severity, sharpness, sourness, tartness, unkindness, virulence

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1. smoothnessnoun

   a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch

   "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"

   Synonyms:
   suavity, suaveness, fluency, eloquence, blandness

   Antonyms:
   roughness, raggedness

2. eloquence, fluency, smoothnessnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   fluency, articulateness, volubility, eloquence, blandness, suaveness, suavity

   Antonyms:
   roughness, raggedness

3. suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothnessnoun

   the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner

   Synonyms:
   fluency, insipidity, eloquence, insipidness, blandness, suaveness, suavity

   Antonyms:
   raggedness, roughness

4. smoothnessnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   suavity, suaveness, fluency, eloquence, blandness

   Antonyms:
   raggedness, roughness

5. smoothnessnoun

   the quality of being free from errors or interruptions

   "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"

   Synonyms:
   suavity, suaveness, fluency, eloquence, blandness

   Antonyms:
   roughness, raggedness

Matched Categories

1. • Effortlessness
   • Evenness
   • Expressive Style
   • Graciousness
   • Texture

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1. smoothnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   evenness, levelness, sleekness, volubility, fluency, suavity

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1. List of paraphrases for "smoothness":

   sweetness, softness

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How to use smoothness in a sentence?

1. Bob Boniface:

   Those straight-eights that Buick built back then were known for their incredible smoothness and durability, it was a great motor.

2. Raymond Chandler:

   Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of bar-room vernacular, that is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive.

3. R. Buckminster Fuller:

   Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - "which is the mostest? which is the leastest?" They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: the heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart.

4. Mouchegh Petrossian:

   Great caviar should have a buttery smoothness to it and shouldn’t really taste fishy at all.