Antonyms of noun smoothness

1 of 5 senses of smoothness

Sense 1
smoothness -- (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board")
       Antonym of roughness (Sense 1)
      => roughness, raggedness -- (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smoothness

5 senses of smoothness

Sense 1
smoothness -- (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board")
       => texture -- (the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture")

Sense 2
eloquence, fluency, smoothness -- (powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police")
       => expressive style, style -- (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper")

Sense 3
suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothness -- (the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner)
       => graciousness -- (excellence of manners or social conduct)

Sense 4
smoothness -- (the quality of having a level and even surface; "the water was a glassy smoothness"; "the weather system of the Pacific is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean")
       => evenness, invariability -- (a quality of uniformity and lack of variation)

Sense 5
smoothness -- (the quality of being free from errors or interruptions; "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified")
       => effortlessness -- (the quality of requiring little effort; "such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice")

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