smoothen
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
smooth the surface of the wood
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gloss over also see
- roughen antonym
- smooth derivation
- drum sander derivation
- rub entails
Sense 2 verb
make (a surface) shine
shine the silver, please
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
become smooth
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | gloss over |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | roughen |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smooth |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drum sander |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | rub |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change surface |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | launch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plane |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | float |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sandblast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | file |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shining |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polisher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | rub |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fancify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Simonize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slick |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | burnish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gloss |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |