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smoother
Overview of noun smoother
The noun smoother has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother -- (a power tool used for sanding wood; a loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor)
Overview of adj smooth
The adj smooth has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (11) smooth -- (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror")
2. (3) politic, smooth, suave, bland -- (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound)
3. (1) smooth -- (of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth)
4. (1) fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth -- (smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina")
5. legato, smooth -- ((music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage")
6. smooth -- (of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence; "a smooth ride")
7. smooth -- (lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly")
8. placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled -- ((of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smoother
1 sense of smoother
Sense 1
drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother
=> power tool
=> machine
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> tool
=> implement
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun smoother
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smoother
1 sense of smoother
Sense 1
drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother
=> power tool
Antonyms of noun smoother
Member Holonyms of noun smoother
Substance Holonyms of noun smoother
Part Holonyms of noun smoother
Member Meronyms of noun smoother
Substance Meronyms of noun smoother
Part Meronyms of noun smoother
1 sense of smoother
Sense 1
drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother
HAS PART: electric motor
Meronyms of noun smoother
1 sense of smoother
Sense 1
drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother
HAS PART: electric motor
Holonyms of noun smoother
Attributes of noun smoother
Derived Forms of noun smoother
1 sense of smoother
Sense 1
drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother
RELATED TO>(verb) smooth#1
=> smooth, smoothen
Domain of noun smoother
Domain Terms of noun smoother
Familiarity of noun smoother
smoother used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun smoother
1 sense of smoother
Sense 1
drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother
> power tool
=> buffer, polisher
=> burr
=> drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother
=> hammer, power hammer
=> plane, planer, planing machine
=> power drill
=> power saw, saw, sawing machine
=> router
=> stamping machine, stamper
Meronyms of noun smoother
1 sense of smoother
Sense 1
drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother
HAS PART: electric motor
HAS PART: armature
HAS PART: brush
HAS PART: field magnet
HAS PART: rotor, rotor coil
HAS PART: stator, stator coil
=> power tool
=> machine
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> tool
=> implement
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun smoother
Grep of noun smoother
smoother
Antonyms of adj smooth
8 senses of smooth
Sense 1
smooth (vs. rough)
rough (vs. smooth), unsmooth
=> abrasive, scratchy
=> alligatored, cracked
=> barky
=> broken, rugged
=> bullate
=> bumpy
=> chapped, cracked, roughened
=> corded, twilled
=> costate, ribbed
=> cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous
=> crushed
=> homespun(predicate), nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy
=> imbricate, imbricated
=> lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy
=> squamulose
=> lined, seamed
=> pocked, pockmarked, potholed
=> rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony
=> roughish
=> rugose
=> sandpapery
=> saw-like
=> scabby
=> shagged, shaggy
=> textured, rough-textured, coarse-textured
=> verrucose, warty, wartlike
Sense 2
politic, smooth, suave, bland
INDIRECT (VIA diplomatic) -> undiplomatic
Sense 3
smooth (vs. rough)
rough (vs. smooth)
=> angulate
=> bidentate
=> biserrate
=> ciliate, ciliated
=> crenate, crenated, scalloped
=> crenulate, crenulated
=> crispate
=> dentate
=> denticulate
=> emarginate
=> erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed
=> fimbriate
=> fringed, laciniate
=> lacerate, lacerated
=> pectinate
=> rimose
=> runcinate
=> serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched
=> serrulate
=> spinose
Sense 4
fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth
INDIRECT (VIA graceful) -> awkward
Sense 5
legato (vs. staccato), smooth
Sense 6
smooth (vs. rough)
rough (vs. smooth), rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
Sense 7
smooth
INDIRECT (VIA easy) -> difficult, hard
Sense 8
placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled
INDIRECT (VIA calm) -> stormy
Similarity of adj smooth
8 senses of smooth
Sense 1
smooth (vs. rough)
=> creaseless, uncreased
=> even-textured
=> fast
=> fine-textured, smooth-textured
=> glassy
=> glossy, satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick
=> seamless, unlined, unseamed
=> streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek
=> velvet, velvety, velvet-textured
=> waxlike, wax-coated, waxy, ceraceous
Also See> even#3; fine#3; ironed#1; slippery#1, slippy#1
Sense 2
politic, smooth, suave, bland
=> diplomatic (vs. undiplomatic), diplomatical
Sense 3
smooth (vs. rough)
=> entire
=> repand
=> sinuate
=> undulate
=> unnotched, untoothed
Also See> simple#6, unsubdivided#1; compound#1
Sense 4
fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth
=> graceful (vs. awkward)
Sense 5
legato (vs. staccato), smooth
Sense 6
smooth (vs. rough)
Sense 7
smooth
=> easy (vs. difficult)
Sense 8
placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled
=> calm (vs. stormy)
Pertainyms of adj smooth
Attributes of adj smooth
Domain of adj smooth
2 of 8 senses of smooth
Sense 3
smooth (vs. rough)
TOPIC>(noun) botany#2, phytology#1
Sense 5
legato (vs. staccato), smooth
TOPIC>(noun) music#1
Domain Terms of adj smooth
Familiarity of adj smooth
smooth used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =8)
Grep of adj smooth
smooth
smooth-bodied
smooth-faced
smooth-haired
smooth-shaven
smooth-shelled
smooth-skinned
smooth-spoken
smooth-textured
smooth-tongued
smoothbore
smoothed
smoothened
unsmooth
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