smooth out

1. 1.

   free from obstructions

   “smooth the way towards peace negotiations”

   Synonymssmooth

   Broaderrid

Questions about smooth out

What does smooth out mean?

smooth out means "free from obstructions".

What is another word for smooth out?

Close synonyms include smooth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is smooth out a common word?

smooth out is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.