Meanings
comparative more streamlined · superlative most streamlined
- Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.
Synonyms: air-smoothed, sleek
- Having been made more simple and straight forward.
Commercial pilots would benefit from streamlined rules on flight time, duty and rest requirements in a proposal being announced Friday by federal regulators.
2010 September 10, Paul Courson, “New rules proposed for pilot flight time and rest requirements”, in CNN1 more example
He boasted about how quickly the company had brought the 737 Max to market — and praised the Federal Aviation Administration’s “streamlined” certification process.
2019 April 3, Chris Isidore, “Boeing boasted about streamlined approval for the 737 Max. Now it’s cleaning up the mess”, in CNN
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of streamline
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemade efficient by stripping off nonessentials
adjectivedesigned or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*srow-mo-s
- Proto-Germanic*straumaz
- Proto-West Germanic*straum
- Old Englishstrēam
- Middle Englishstrem
- Englishstream
- Proto-Indo-European*līno-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*līną
- Proto-Germanic*līnǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*līnā
- Old Englishlīne
- Middle Englishline
- Englishline
- Englishstreamline
- Englishstreamlined
From streamline + -ed.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian обтекаем, аеродинамичен
- обтекаем (obtekaem)designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- аеродинамичен (aerodinamičen)designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- опростен (oprosten)having been made more simple and straight forward
- рационализиран (racionaliziran)having been made more simple and straight forward
Estonian voolujooneline
- voolujoonelinedesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
Finnish virtaviivainen, linjakas
- virtaviivainendesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- linjakasdesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
French aérodynamique
- aérodynamiquedesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
German windschnittig
- windschnittigdesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
Greek αεροδυναμικός, απλοποιημένος
- αεροδυναμικός (aerodynamikós)designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- απλοποιημένος (aplopoiiménos)having been made more simple and straight forward
Hungarian áramvonalas
- áramvonalasdesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
Irish leabhairchruthach
- leabhairchruthachdesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
Māori koutata
- koutatadesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
Polish aerodynamiczny, opływowy
- aerodynamicznydesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- opływowydesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- uproszczonyhaving been made more simple and straight forward
Spanish fluidodinamizado, aerodinamizado
- fluidodinamizadodesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- aerodinamizadodesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- hidrodinamizadodesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- agilizadohaving been made more simple and straight forward
- eficientadohaving been made more simple and straight forward
- eficientizadohaving been made more simple and straight forward
Swedish strömlinjeformad, strömlinjeformad
- strömlinjeformaddesigned to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- strömlinjeformadhaving been made more simple and straight forward
Ukrainian аеродинамічний, обтічний
- аеродинамічний (aerodynamičnyj)designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
- обтічний (obtičnyj)designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines
Cite this entry
streamlined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streamlined
“streamlined.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streamlined. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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