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Antonyms for slick
slɪkslick

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  1. slicknoun

    Synonyms:
    slick tire, slick tyre

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  1. slick

    Antonyms:
    bough, hairy, hirsute, bristly

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

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  1. slickness, slick, slipperiness, slipnoun

    a slippery smoothness

    "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

    Antonyms:
    artless, implausible, dull, nonslippery

    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

  2. slick, slick magazine, glossynoun

    a magazine printed on good quality paper

    Antonyms:
    implausible, dull, nonslippery, artless

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

  3. slicknoun

    a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

    Antonyms:
    artless, dull, nonslippery, implausible

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

  4. slickadjective

    a trowel used to make a surface slick

    Antonyms:
    dull, implausible, nonslippery, artless

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

  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"

    Antonyms:
    implausible, dull, artless, nonslippery

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

  6. glib, pat, slickadjective

    having only superficial plausibility

    "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

    Antonyms:
    dull, implausible, artless, nonslippery

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

  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"

    Antonyms:
    artless, nonslippery, implausible, dull

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

  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"

    Antonyms:
    dull, nonslippery, artless, implausible

    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

  9. slick, sleekverb

    make slick or smooth

    Antonyms:
    artless, dull, implausible, nonslippery

    Synonyms:
    sleek down, sleek, slick down

  10. slick, slick down, sleek downverb

    give a smooth and glossy appearance

    "slick one's hair"

    Antonyms:
    artless, nonslippery, dull, implausible

    Synonyms:
    sleek down, sleek, slick down

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  1. slickadjective

    Synonyms:
    sleek, sleeky, smooth

How to use slick in a sentence?

  1. Allan Lichtman:

    The danger is falling on your face and some candidates have had trouble with it, but most of these guys are really slick.

  2. Murad Mohammad:

    Farah fell victim to ISIL's slick marketing campaign, dusted with enough misrepresentations of Islam to make it appear to be a legitimate Islamic organization.

  3. Steven Law:

    Democrats spent the summer living a lie, pretending to be innocent bystanders in slick television ads while they worked with Joe Biden to trash Republican Senate candidates economy and raise Republican Senate candidates taxes.

  4. Seddique Mateen:

    I didn't notice anything wrong, he was very slick.

  5. 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.

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#3811hairy
#13293dull
#15835slick
#38629bough
#40659hirsute
#56915implausible
#106009artless
#114713bristly

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