smooths

Removes the creases

Smooths is the third-person singular of smooth, meaning to make a surface even or free of roughness: She smooths the wrinkles from the tablecloth.

Figuratively, to smooth is to ease or reduce difficulty: He smooths over conflicts between coworkers.

Time smooths the sharpest grief.

flattens

irons

Restraints or golf clubs

planes · rolls · spreads · straightens · tamps · grades · steamrollers · unwrinkles · compresses · stretches

eases

facilitates

Makes more possible

clears · paves · enables · greases · oils · lubricates · hastens · accelerates · advances · furthers

calms

soothes

Gently relieves distress

eases · relaxes · mollifies · placates · appeases · gentles · reassures · alleviates · tempers · allays

polishes

buffs

Keen hobbyist followers

refinishes · waxes · varnishes · glazes · finishes · sands · resurfaces · lacquers · rubs · sleeks

Opposites
surface texture action

smoothsroughens

Makes less smooth

coarsens · textures · scratches · scuffs · abrades

fabric/material treatment

smoothswrinkles

Surface lines from folding

crumples · creases · rumples · crinkles · scrunches

FACILITATION vs. OBSTRUCTION

smoothscomplicates

Makes more difficult

obstructs · hinders · impedes · hampers · disrupts

Phrases
Family

smooth, smoothly, smoothed, smoothness, smoothing, smoothest, smoother, smooth-talking, smoothable

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G