Synonyms of smear

1. smear, vilification, malignment, defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job: usage: slanderous defamation
2. smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear, cytologic specimen: usage: a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
3. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur, blemish, defect, mar: usage: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
4. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, mistake, error, fault: usage: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

1. smear, dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire: usage: stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
2. smear, blur, smudge, smutch, rub: usage: make a smudge on; soil by smudging
3. daub, smear, cover: usage: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
4. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch, charge, accuse: usage: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"