What are some opposite words for slippery?
Antonyms for slippery
ˈslɪp ə ri, ˈslɪp rislip·pe·ry
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term slippery.
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slippery
Antonyms:
rough, firm, unslippery, secure, safe, stable, solid, trustworthySynonyms:
smooth, glassy, lubricated, insecure, perilous, unsafe, unstable, shifty, elusive, shuffling, unprincipled, deceptive, evasive, untrustworthy, uncertain
Princeton's WordNet
slippery, slippyadjective
causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
"slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
Antonyms:
nonslippery, nonslip, nonskid, trusty, trustworthyslippery, trickyadjective
not to be trusted
"how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
Antonyms:
trustworthy, nonslippery, nonslip, nonskid, trustySynonyms:
dodgy, catchy, tricky, cunning, knavish, sly, guileful, wily, foxy, crafty, slippy, slick, tricksy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
slipperyadjective
Synonyms:
smooth, glib, inconstant, unstable, loose, incontinent, lubric
How to use slippery in a sentence?
Does a 'greased palm' offer a 'slippery shake'?
This as a very slippery slope, in this context, it opens another can of worms to allow employers to use them as a wage replacement when worker earnings are already not particularly high.
A smart criminal would remember to turn their cell phone off at the moment when they’re committing a crime, but it’s a slippery slope to more intrusive tactics. Pretty soon, the government will be interested in where you were as much before and after the crime as they can get. And that’s where it gets dangerous. They will want to know your state of mind or whether you met with some co-conspirators, they will want as broad a record of your location as they can find.
Any proposed regulations that would create this has the potential for being a slippery slope.
Realistically, it's still very much an uphill effort, in part because Republicans are so spooked right now by Donald Trump and his base and the complete irrationality, almost paranoia, of that base when it comes to guns, the slippery slope becomes a cliff. If Donald Trump and his base take one step, it's like the world ends.
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