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Antonyms for slick
slɪkslick
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slicknoun
Synonyms:
slick tire, slick tyre
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slickness, slick, slipperiness, slipnoun
a slippery smoothness
"he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
Antonyms:
artless, implausible, dull, nonslipperySynonyms:
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 magazineslick, slick magazine, glossynoun
a magazine printed on good quality paper
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implausible, dull, nonslippery, artlessSynonyms:
slickness, slipperiness, slick magazine, glossy, slipslicknoun
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
Antonyms:
artless, dull, nonslippery, implausibleSynonyms:
slickness, slipperiness, slick magazine, glossy, slipslickadjective
a trowel used to make a surface slick
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dull, implausible, nonslippery, artlessSynonyms:
slickness, slipperiness, slick magazine, glossy, slipslickadjective
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, nonslipperySynonyms:
silky, cunning, sly, satiny, wily, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, pat, crafty, silklike, guileful, dodgy, glib, tricky, foxyglib, pat, slickadjective
having only superficial plausibility
"glib promises"; "a slick commercial"
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dull, implausible, artless, nonslipperySynonyms:
silky, smooth-tongued, cunning, glib-tongued, sly, satiny, wily, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, pat, crafty, silklike, guileful, dodgy, glib, tricky, foxysatiny, 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, dullSynonyms:
silky, cunning, flowing, sly, satiny, glib, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, pat, crafty, silklike, wily, guileful, aerodynamic, dodgy, foxy, tricky, streamlinedcrafty, 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, implausibleSynonyms:
tricksy, slippery, cunning, silky, clever, dicey, sly, cute, satiny, chancy, sleek, catchy, ingenious, chanceful, pat, crafty, silklike, wily, guileful, knavish, dodgy, silken, glib, tricky, foxyslick, sleekverb
make slick or smooth
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artless, dull, implausible, nonslipperySynonyms:
sleek down, sleek, slick downslick, slick down, sleek downverb
give a smooth and glossy appearance
"slick one's hair"
Antonyms:
artless, nonslippery, dull, implausibleSynonyms:
sleek down, sleek, slick down
How to use slick in a sentence?
The danger is falling on your face and some candidates have had trouble with it, but most of these guys are really slick.
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.
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.
I didn't notice anything wrong, he was very slick.
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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