smooth the way

61 Moby Thesaurus words for "smooth the way":
      aid, anoint, be promising, beeswax, bid fair to, clear the way,
      daub, dress, ease, embrocate, enable, expedite, explain,
      facilitate, glycerolate, grease, grease the ways,
      grease the wheels, hasten, have favorable odds, help along,
      increase the chances, lard, loose, lubricate, make clear,
      make fair promise, make more likely, make possible, make probable,
      make way for, offer the expectation, oil, open the way, open up,
      pave the way, permit, pomade, prepare the way, probabilize,
      promise, quicken, remove friction, run interference for, salve,
      seem likely, show a tendency, simplify, slick, slick on, smear,
      smooth, soap the ways, speed, stand fair to, unbar, unblock,
      unclog, unguent, unjam, wax