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Slick

/slɪk/

A covering of liquid, particularly oil.

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📖 Definitions of "Slick"

noun

1
A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
"Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road."
2
Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
3
A tool used to make something smooth or even.
4
A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
"You'll go much faster if you put on slicks."

verb

1
To make slick.
"The surface had been slicked."

adjective

1
Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
"His large round head was shaved slick."
2
Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
"They read all kinds of slick magazines."
3
Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
"That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything."
4
(often used sarcastically) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy.
"Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick."

🔄 Synonyms of "Slick"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
cunningnoun	Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
artful	Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
glibnoun	Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
slipnoun	(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
sleekverb	Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
knavish	Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
guileful	Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.
wily	Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
slynoun	Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
plausible	Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely.
smoothnoun	Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
tricky	Hard to deal with, complicated.
patnoun	To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
dodgy	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable.
slippery	Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
foxynoun	(informal) Attractive, sexy (of a woman).
silkenverb	Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
satinnoun	A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
silkynoun	Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
crafty	Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
tricksy	Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.
glossynoun	Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
satiny	Like satin, smooth and shiny, glossy.
slippy	(slightly informal, Western Pennsylvania, UK, Ireland, Ottawa Valley) Slippery.
silklike	Synonym of silky, like silk.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slick"

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Word	Definition
slippery	Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
satiny	Like satin, smooth and shiny, glossy.
sleekverb	Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
slipperinessnoun	(uncountable) The property of being slippery.
slippynoun	(slightly informal, Western Pennsylvania, UK, Ireland, Ottawa Valley) Slippery.
smoothnoun	Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
glossynoun	Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
slick downverb	To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
patnoun	To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
slipnoun	(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
silklikenoun	Synonym of silky, like silk.
silkynoun	Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
silkenverb	Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
satinnoun	A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
tricky	Hard to deal with, complicated.
knavish	Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
slynoun	Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
cunningnoun	Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
wily	Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
artful	Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.