smooth over

1. 1.

   treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

   Synonymsgloss overskate overslur overskimp over

   Broadertreat

Questions about smooth over

What does smooth over mean?

smooth over means "treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly".

What is another word for smooth over?

Close synonyms include gloss over, skate over, slur over, skimp over. 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 over a common word?

smooth over 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.