Qualities
Synonyms for smooth
Synonyms for smooth: liquid and bland. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for smooth
Two senses of smooth, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
smooth and unconstrained in movement
A long, smooth stride.
The true synonym
liquid
Same sentence, swapped: A long, liquid stride.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- bland
- quiet
- sharp
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
The manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error.
The true synonym
bland
Same sentence, swapped: The manager pacified the customer with a bland apology for the error.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot smooth is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- liquid
- quiet
- sharp
Where smooth turns up in the game
smooth is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in ten other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 10 puzzles where smooth is the trap
- alikeadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is like, in the sense "having the same or similar characteristics", and smooth is one of the three tiles that lose.
- craggyadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is jagged, in the sense "having many steep, rough, jagged rocks", so smooth is there to be ruled out.
- delicateadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is fragile, in the sense "easily broken or damaged or destroyed", with smooth sitting one tile away.
- effortnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is exploit, in the sense "a notable achievement", and smooth is on the board beside it.
Play smooth
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so smooth reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company smooth keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. smooth carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.