Synonyms for slick
slɪkslick

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1. slicknoun

   Synonyms:
   slick tire, slick tyre

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1. slick

   Synonyms:
   glossy, velvety, satin, silken, shiny, smooth

   Antonyms:
   bough, hairy, hirsute, bristly

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1. slickness, slick, slipperiness, slipnoun

   a slippery smoothness

   "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

   Synonyms:
   cutting, berth, trip, case, faux pas, skulduggery, pillowcase, hanky panky, miscue, gaffe, slickness, slipperiness, elusion, mooring, slip-up, gaucherie, parapraxis, chemise, teddy, shiftiness, sideslip, eluding, shimmy, moorage, glibness, skid, rascality, slip of paper, shift, trickery, hocus-pocus, pillow slip, solecism, glossy, strip, jiggery-pokery, skullduggery, trickiness, slip, slick magazine

   Antonyms:
   artless, implausible, dull, nonslippery

2. slick, slick magazine, glossynoun

   a magazine printed on good quality paper

   Synonyms:
   slickness, slipperiness, slick magazine, glossy, slip

   Antonyms:
   implausible, dull, nonslippery, artless

3. slicknoun

   a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

   Synonyms:
   slickness, slipperiness, slick magazine, glossy, slip

   Antonyms:
   artless, dull, nonslippery, implausible

4. slickadjective

   a trowel used to make a surface slick

   Synonyms:
   slickness, slipperiness, slick magazine, glossy, slip

   Antonyms:
   dull, implausible, nonslippery, artless

5. slickadjective

   made slick by e.g. ice or grease

   "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"

   Synonyms:
   silky, cunning, sly, satiny, wily, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, pat, crafty, silklike, guileful, dodgy, glib, tricky, foxy

   Antonyms:
   implausible, dull, artless, nonslippery

6. glib, pat, slickadjective

   having only superficial plausibility

   "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

   Synonyms:
   silky, smooth-tongued, cunning, glib-tongued, sly, satiny, wily, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, pat, crafty, silklike, guileful, dodgy, glib, tricky, foxy

   Antonyms:
   dull, implausible, artless, nonslippery

7. satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slickadjective

   having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light

   "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

   Synonyms:
   silky, cunning, flowing, sly, satiny, glib, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, pat, crafty, silklike, wily, guileful, aerodynamic, dodgy, foxy, tricky, streamlined

   Antonyms:
   artless, nonslippery, implausible, dull

8. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wilyverb

   marked by skill in deception

   "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

   Synonyms:
   tricksy, slippery, cunning, silky, clever, dicey, sly, cute, satiny, chancy, sleek, catchy, ingenious, chanceful, pat, crafty, silklike, wily, guileful, knavish, dodgy, silken, glib, tricky, foxy

   Antonyms:
   dull, nonslippery, artless, implausible

9. slick, sleekverb

   make slick or smooth

   Synonyms:
   sleek down, sleek, slick down

   Antonyms:
   artless, dull, implausible, nonslippery

10. slick, slick down, sleek downverb

    give a smooth and glossy appearance

    "slick one's hair"

    Synonyms:
    sleek down, sleek, slick down

    Antonyms:
    artless, nonslippery, dull, implausible

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1. • Film
   • Magazine
   • Smoothness

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1. slickadjective

   Synonyms:
   sleek, sleeky, smooth

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1. List of paraphrases for "slick":

   black, tablecloth, spot, blot, stain, smooth

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1. List of known nicknames for "Slick":

   Kenneth Johnson

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1. Bette Davis:

   There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

2. Kristy Ray:

   We think about their safety in every other aspect, we don’t what them playing if it’s too slick, if there’s lightening, if it’s too hot.

3. Ryan Manning:

   It was very slick, which almost makes me think it’s been done before because of how smooth it was.

4. Stevie Nicks:

   I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.

5. Ted Cruz:

   If our elections began in large states, if they began in large states like California or New York or my home state of Texas, they would all be decided by slick Hollywood TV ads, it would just be whoever spends the most money.