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Synonyms for silken

  • adjective

Most common

smooth sleek silky satiny gentle

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Silky — synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly Having a smooth, soft, or light texture

silky, satiny, slick, sleek, smooth, glassy, silklike, glossy

Other

gentle, seric rare

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly Having a smooth, soft, or light texture.

Example sentences

  • smooth Women are like rose petals - smooth and beautiful.
  • sleek Yuri wanted to sleek out of the house unnoticed.
  • silky The wine's texture was silky and smooth for Adriano.
  • gentle A noble man by woman's gentle word may oft be led.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
silkenrising
smoothsteady
sleekrising
silkyrising
satinyrising
gentlerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
slick1, silky2, sleek1, seric
6 letters
smooth1, gentle2, glossy2, glassy2, satiny
8 letters
silklike

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silky2 = 2 syllables).