as in compatible
having or marked by agreement in feeling or action
enjoys an easygoing and frictionless relationship with her mother-in-law
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Recent Examples of frictionless
With his remarkable fourth novel, Transcription, Lerner offers an even more unusual fictional take on our supposedly frictionless world, one that dramatically destabilizes its material (nothing in this book is entirely identical with itself) rather than cataloguing and containing it.
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Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The change would not be completely frictionless, though.
—Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026
Everything is engineered to make traveling with kids feel frictionless.
—Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
If frictionless facial recognition becomes commonplace, theoretically, ICE is vulnerable to the technology as well.
—Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026
The boats ride on three narrow metal blades, making a sail practically frictionless.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Having the right multisite computing privileges to ensure frictionless virtual teamwork is vital.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
The primordial soup is considered to have been a near-perfect liquid, which means its quark and gluon contents flowed together as a smooth, frictionless fluid.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
But this is a romance show, and most of its recurring conflicts are romantic, so the rest of Bridgerton’s plotting has to be fairly frictionless to ensure that its depictions of love and lust are as dramatic as possible.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The change would not be completely frictionless, though.
—Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026
Everything is engineered to make traveling with kids feel frictionless.
—Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
If frictionless facial recognition becomes commonplace, theoretically, ICE is vulnerable to the technology as well.
—Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026
The boats ride on three narrow metal blades, making a sail practically frictionless.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Having the right multisite computing privileges to ensure frictionless virtual teamwork is vital.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
The primordial soup is considered to have been a near-perfect liquid, which means its quark and gluon contents flowed together as a smooth, frictionless fluid.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
But this is a romance show, and most of its recurring conflicts are romantic, so the rest of Bridgerton’s plotting has to be fairly frictionless to ensure that its depictions of love and lust are as dramatic as possible.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frictionless
Adjective
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Deep Isolation’s analysis confirmed that nuclear waste streams partitioned through the Argonne-baseline electrorefining process are compatible with deep borehole disposal.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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The lock is compatible with Alexa and Google Home for voice commands, too.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Their roster boasts two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani — widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time and who has won four league MVP awards, all by unanimous vote, in the past five seasons.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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At the civil trial, the jury needed only an hour to return a unanimous verdict in favor of the musician whose testimony went viral.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Frictionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frictionless. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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