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suave

/swɑːv/US/swɑv/

suave adjective: of a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated.

Adjective

suave (comparative suaver, superlative suavest)

  1. Of a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated.
    • a man with a suave demeanor
  2. Displaying smoothness and sophistication.
    • suave excellence
  3. Gracious, kind.

Noun

suave (plural suaves)

  1. sweet-talk

suave meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

suave in Bengali

ভদ্র, মার্জিত, শিষ্ট

suave in Malayalam

sophisticated, charming, debonair
സംസ്കാരചാരുത്വമുള്ള, മനം കവരുന്ന, സൗമ്യനായ, നയചാതുര്യമുള്ള, സംസ്കാരമുള്ള, പരിഷ്കാരമുള്ള

suave in Kannada

ನುಣುಪಾದ, ಮಧುರವಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುವ, ನಯವಾದ, ಹಿತವಾದ, ಆಪ್ಯಾಯಮಾನವಾದ, ಗಾಡಿವೆತ್ತ

Examples of suave in a sentence

  • Gideon, with his suave charm and hankering for hotties, was on the fast track to playerhood.
  • Nothing like a pint of dog to establish oneself as a suave sophisticate.
  • "Out of sight!" praised a suave and youthful mack daddy, boogying under the glittery flashing lights.

All 20 example sentences with suave

Forms of suave

Adjective
comparativesuaver
superlativesuavest
Noun
pluralsuaves

Origin of suave

From Middle English suave, borrowed from Latin suāvis (“sweet, pleasant”); doublet of sweet. First attested in the early 15th century.

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Words that rhyme with suave

Questions about suave

What does suave mean?
Suave means of a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated.
What is suave in Bengali?
Suave in Bengali is ভদ্র, মার্জিত, শিষ্ট. See Suave meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is suave?
Suave can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce suave?
Suave is pronounced /swɑːv/ (UK).

Words near suave in the dictionary

  1. suasory
  2. Suastegui
  3. Suasteguis
  4. suastica
  5. suasticas
  6. suave
  7. suavely
  8. suaveness
  9. suaveolent
  10. suaver
  11. suaves

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: suave (page history and authors); suave (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suave (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); suave (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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