Standard Lemma guide

smokeless

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: S M OW1 K L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Without smoke.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • smokeless fuel
  • smokeless gunpowder

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a gun, that does not produce smoke when fired.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of tobacco, to be consumed through methods other than smoking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

emitting or containing little or no smoke

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • smokeless factory stacks
  • smokeless fuel
  • a smokeless environment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: smoky

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English smokeless From smoke + -less.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: бездимен (bezdimen) — without smoke
  • Finnish: savuton — without smoke
  • German: rauchlos — without smoke
  • Ancient Greek: ἄκαπνος (ákapnos) — without smoke
  • Hungarian: füstmentes — without smoke
  • Lithuanian: bedūmis — without smoke
  • Polish: bezdymny — without smoke
  • Turkish: dumansız — without smoke