velvet

1. 1.

   smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

   Synonymsvelvetyvelvet-textured

   Similarsmooth
2. 2.

   resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

   Synonymsvelvety

   Similarsoft

1. 1.

   a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

   Broaderfabric

Other forms of velvet

plural

velvets·

comparative

velvetter·

superlative

velvettest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about velvet

What does velvet mean?

velvet means "smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in velvet?

velvet has 2 syllables: vel-vet. The stress falls on "vel". In IPA it is /ˈvɛlvət/.

What is another word for velvet?

Close synonyms include velvety, velvet-textured, velvety. 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 velvet a common word?

velvet is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.