SMOOTH SOFTSHELL Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase smooth softshell. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| delicate | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury adjective satellite • marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique • easily broken or damaged or destroyed • easily hurt • developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety • difficult to handle; requiring great tact • of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | ||||||
| downy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • like down or as soft as down • covered with fine soft hairs or down | ||||||
| feathery | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers • characterized by a covering of feathers • adorned with feathers or plumes | ||||||
| plush | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet adjective satellite • characterized by extravagance and profusion | ||||||
| satiny | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk | ||||||
| silky | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk | ||||||
| supple | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease • (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable • (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely verb • make pliant and flexible | ||||||
| tender | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
adjective • given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality • easy to cut or chew • physically untoughened noun • something that can be used as an official medium of payment • someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another • a formal proposal to buy at a specified price • car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water • a boat for communication between ship and shore • ship that usually provides supplies to other ships adjective satellite • hurting • young and immature • having or displaying warmth or affection • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail • (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition verb • offer or present for acceptance • propose a payment • make a tender of; in legal settlements • make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | ||||||
| unctuous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | ||||||
| velvety | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste • resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface | ||||||
| trionyx muticus | nounn | |||||
noun • river turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water | ||||||
