velvet :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (1)

n. a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

Verbs (0)

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (2)

adj. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

adj. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

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Synonyms (44)

adj. (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics"

compressible, squeezable

adj. capable of being easily compressed

cushioned, cushiony, padded

adj. softened by the addition of cushions or padding

demulcent, emollient, softening, salving

adj. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

downy, flossy, fluffy

adj. like down or as soft as down

wooly, woolly, fleecy, flocculent

adj. having a fluffy character or appearance

yielding, malleable

adj. lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"

adj. having the consistency of mush

adj. upholstered thickly and deeply; "an overstuffed sofa"

adj. somewhat soft

spongy, squashy, squishy

adj. easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"

creaseless, uncreased

adj. used especially of fabrics; "uncreased trousers"

satin, slick, sleek, glossy, satiny, silken, silky

adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

marmoreal, marmorean

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of marble

seamless, unlined, unfurrowed, unseamed, unwrinkled

adj. used especially of skin; "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face"

waxy, waxlike, ceraceous

adj. resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves"

Antonyms (0)

velvet

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