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velvety

[vel-vi-tee] / ˈvɛl vɪ ti /
ADJECTIVE
creamy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
creamed fluffy gooey greasy luscious lush milky oily rich soft
WEAK
feathery gloppy gooky goopy gunky
Antonyms
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dry poor rough
ADJECTIVE
downy
Synonyms
WEAK
featherlike feathery fleecy fuzzy light plumate plumose pubescent silky soft velutinous woolly
ADJECTIVE
mossy
Synonyms
WEAK
covered cushiony damp downy fresh moist moss-grown mosslike overgrown plushy smooth soft
Antonyms
WEAK
bare dry modern new prickly
ADJECTIVE
silky
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delicate glossy luxurious plush satiny silken sleek soft
WEAK
cottony like silk silk tender
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dull harsh healthy poor rough strong
ADJECTIVE
smooth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
continuous creamy easy effortless flat fluid gentle glossy mild peaceful polished quiet serene shiny silky sleek soft stable steady tranquil uneventful
STRONG
even flush horizontal invariable plain plane regular shaven soothing still uniform
WEAK
bland equable fluent frictionless glassy hairless lustrous mirrorlike monotonous planate rhythmic rippleless unbroken undeviating undisturbed uninterrupted unruffled untroubled unvarying
Antonyms
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agitated broken clamorous complex complicated demanding difficult discontinuous disturbed dull excited hard harsh intermittent intricate loud noisy raised rough sharp strict strong troubled turbulent unfixed unstable violent wild wobbly
STRONG
abnormal changing different extraordinary inconsistent irregular uncommon uneven upright variable vertical
WEAK
coarse uncool wrinkled
ADJECTIVE
soft
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comfortable comfy creamy delicate easy elastic flexible fluffy mushy plastic pliable rounded silky smooth spongy supple thin
WEAK
bendable cottony cozy cushiony cushy doughy downy ductile easeful feathery fine flabby fleecy fleshy flimsy flocculent flowing fluid formless furry gelatinous impressible limp malleable moldable pappy pithy pulpy quaggy satiny silken snug squashy yielding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hard inflexible rigid rough stiff unbendable unflexible unpliable unyielding
WEAK
firm
ADJECTIVE
unruffled
Synonyms
STRONGEST
placid
WEAK
serene silky unwrinkled
Antonyms
WEAK
frantic nervous
ADJECTIVE
velvet
Synonyms
STRONG
velour velveteen
WEAK
velutinous

Example Sentences

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The velvety silhouette feels as distant as the sea, whose dark surface is sliced by the banister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Suddenly, what was once a pile of odds and ends is a velvety, spoon-coating soup.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Touch plays its part too, binding tastes and smells together and fixing our preferences for runny or firm eggs, and the velvety, luxuriousness gooeyness of chocolate.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

It can elegantly vault octaves, scoop notes without a croaky glottal fry and crack words into multi-note, velvety yodels.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Hundreds of stars lay in a bright smear across a velvety, black sky.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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