Standard Lemma guide

smoothie

noun · 7 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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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsmuːði/
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  • rhymes with -uːði

1

noun

Meaning 1

A smooth-talking person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A drink made from whole fruit, thus thicker than fruit juice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A blending of different things, a mishmash

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of the mod subculture who is relatively non-violent and wears expensive clothing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1987, John Irwin (quoting Piri Thomas), The Felon The decision to cool myself made the next two years the hardest I had done because it meant being a smoothie and staying out of trouble, which in prison is difficult, [...]
  • 2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged [...] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers [...]

Meaning relationships

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A person with shaven body hair, especially pubic hair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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6

noun

Meaning 6

a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable

7

noun

Meaning 7

someone with an assured and ingratiating manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smoothy, sweet talker, charmer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English smōþ Middle English smothe Proto-West Germanic *smanþī Old English smēþe Middle English smethe English smooth English -ie English smoothie From smooth + -ie.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 能說會道的人 /能说会道的人 (néngshuōhuìdào de rén) — smooth-talker
  • Dutch: gladjanus — smooth-talker
  • Dutch: gladakker — smooth-talker
  • Finnish: imartelija — smooth-talker
  • German: aalglatter Bursche — smooth-talker
  • Indonesian: pembujuk rayu — smooth-talker
  • Latin: blandilocutor — smooth-talker
  • Polish: pochlebca — smooth-talker
  • Polish: pochlebczyni — smooth-talker
  • Russian: льсте́ц (lʹstéc) — smooth-talker
  • Russian: красноба́й (krasnobáj) — smooth-talker
  • Spanish: zalamero — smooth-talker
  • Bengali: স্মুথি (śũthi) — drink
  • Catalan: batut de fruita — drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水果奶昔 (shuǐguǒ nǎixī) — drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 果昔 (guǒxī) — drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰沙 (bīngshā) — drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙冰 (shābīng) — drink
  • Dutch: smoothie — drink
  • Esperanto: fruktkirlaĵo — drink
  • Esperanto: smuzio — drink
  • Estonian: smuuti — drink
  • Estonian: mahedik — drink
  • Finnish: smoothie — drink
  • French: smoothie — drink
  • French: frappé aux fruits — drink
  • French: frappé — drink
  • German: Smoothie — drink
  • Greek: φρουτοπολτός (froutopoltós) — drink
  • Hebrew: שייק (sheyk) — drink
  • Hebrew: סמוזי (smúzi) — drink
  • Hungarian: turmix — drink
  • Icelandic: þeytingur — drink
  • Indonesian: minuman lumat — drink
  • Italian: frullato — drink
  • Italian: frappè — drink
  • Japanese: スムージー (sumūjī) — drink
  • Korean: 스무디 (seumudi) — drink
  • Latin: potus commixtus — drink
  • Mongolian: смүүти (smüüti) — drink
  • Polish: smoothie — drink
  • Portuguese: vitamina — drink
  • Portuguese: batida — drink
  • Portuguese: batido — drink
  • Russian: сму́зи (smúzi) — drink
  • Russian: фрукто́вый кокте́йль (fruktóvyj koktɛ́jlʹ) — drink
  • Spanish: smoothie — drink
  • Spanish: cremolada — drink
  • Spanish: licuado — drink
  • Swedish: smoothie — drink
  • Thai: สมูทที — drink
  • Ukrainian: смузі (smuzi) — drink
  • Vietnamese: sinh tố — drink
  • Welsh: smwddi — drink
  • Yiddish: פֿרוכטשייק (frukhtsheyk) — drink