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
Companies compete for attention, platforms compete for your eyeballs, and now AI makes cognitive outsourcing feel frictionless.
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
What was once marketed as a frictionless life on Billionaire’s Row now appears, at least from the outside, to be a bit of a mess.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 31 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
What was once marketed as a frictionless life on Billionaire’s Row now appears, at least from the outside, to be a bit of a mess.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 31 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frictionless
Adjective
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Grab a compact smart plug to conveniently voice-control compatible home appliances and breathable bed sheets that hot sleepers swear by for a good night’s sleep.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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The flexible boom is compatible with compliant fuel pipelines, enabling safer docking for future on‑orbit refueling operations.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As foundation board president in 2002, Harris led efforts to build a new Holocaust museum at 9603 Woods Drive in Skokie, which gained unanimous approval the following year from Skokie’s village board.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The unanimous decision from a three-judge appeals panel upheld Peter’s conviction but found the lower court had incorrectly sentenced her and infringed on her freedom of speech.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Frictionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frictionless. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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