| Main Entry: | silky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very smooth; like satin |
Synonyms: |
cottony, delicate, glossy, like silk, luxurious, plush, satiny, silk, silken, sleek, soft, tender, velvety |
Antonyms: |
rough |
| Main Entry: | deferential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful, considerate |
Synonyms: |
civil, complaisant, courteous, disarming, duteous, dutiful, ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, insinuative, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, polite, regardful, reverential, saccharine, silken, silky, submissive |
| Notes: | deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things |
Antonyms: |
arrogant, disobedient, disrespectful, immodest, impolite, inconsiderate, noncompliant |
| Main Entry: | disarming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming |
Synonyms: |
bewitching, convincing, deferential, ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, insinuative, inveigling, irresistible, likable, persuasive, saccharine, seductive, silken, silky, winning |
Antonyms: |
despicable, disgusting |
| Main Entry: | downy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fluffy |
Synonyms: |
featherlike, feathery, fleecy, fuzzy, light, plumate, plumose, pubescent, silky, soft, velutinous, velvety, woolly |
| Main Entry: | fluffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soft, furry |
Synonyms: |
creamy, downy, featherlike, feathery, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, gossamer, linty, pile, silky, velutinous |
Antonyms: |
coarse, rough, smooth |
| Main Entry: | glossy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shiny |
Synonyms: |
bright, brilliant, burnished, chatoyant, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glistening, lustrous, polished, reflecting, silken, silky, sleek, slick, smooth |
Antonyms: |
drab, dull, mate, muted |
| Main Entry: | gossamer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gauzy, thin |
Synonyms: |
airy, cobweb, delicate, diaphanous, fibrous, fine, flimsy, light, sheer, silky, tiffany, translucent, transparent |
Antonyms: |
coarse, thick |
| Main Entry: | sleek |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth, glossy |
Synonyms: |
glassy, glistening, lustrous, polished, satin, shiny, silken, silky |
Antonyms: |
dull, raised, rough, ungroomed, unkempt |
| Main Entry: | slippery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth, slick |
Synonyms: |
glacé, glassy, glazed, glistening, greasy, icy, like a skating rink, lubricious, lustrous, perilous, polished, satiny, silky, sleek, slimy, soapy, unctuous, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, waxy, wet |
Antonyms: |
dry, unslippery |
| Main Entry: | smooth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | level, unwrinkled; flowing |
Synonyms: |
bland, continuous, creamy, easy, effortless, equable, even, flat, fluent, fluid, flush, frictionless, gentle, glassy, glossy, hairless, horizontal, invariable, lustrous, mild, mirrorlike, monotonous, peaceful, plain, planate, plane, polished, quiet, regular, rhythmic, rippleless, serene, shaven, shiny, silky, sleek, soft, soothing, stable, steady, still, tranquil, unbroken, undeviating, undisturbed, uneventful, uniform, uninterrupted, unruffled, untroubled, unvarying, velvety |
Antonyms: |
broken, coarse, intermittent, irregular, rough, uneven, wrinkled |