What is another word for slippery?
Synonyms for slippery
ˈslɪp ə ri, ˈslɪp rislip·pe·ry
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
slippery
Synonyms:
smooth, glassy, lubricated, insecure, perilous, unsafe, unstable, shifty, elusive, shuffling, unprincipled, deceptive, evasive, untrustworthy, uncertainAntonyms:
rough, firm, unslippery, secure, safe, stable, solid, trustworthy
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
Synonyms:
dodgy, catchy, tricky, cunning, knavish, sly, guileful, wily, foxy, crafty, slippy, slick, tricksyAntonyms:
trustworthy, nonslippery, nonslip, nonskid, trusty
Dictionary of English Synonymes
slipperyadjective
slipperyadjective
Synonyms:
unstable, uncertain, changeable, mutable, unsteady, shakyslipperyadjective
Synonyms:
treacherous, perfidious, faithless, knavish, dishonest, false
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
slipperyadjective
Synonyms:
smooth, glib, inconstant, unstable, loose, incontinent, lubric
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3208 | wet | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#4537 | rolling | |
#8479 | slope | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#11474 | sliding | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#15835 | slick | |
#15928 | tricky | |
#16845 | unsafe | |
#18828 | slippery | |
#20069 | insecure | |
#20139 | elusive | |
#23246 | sly | |
#24397 | catchy | |
#24641 | deceptive | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#27566 | foxy | |
#28626 | greasy | |
#29656 | hernia | |
#35234 | shuffling | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#37424 | enigmatic | |
#38566 | perilous | |
#44681 | evasive | |
#46016 | lubricated | |
#46738 | glassy | |
#48777 | wily | |
#48820 | slimy | |
#66096 | shifty | |
#83297 | untrustworthy | |
#107171 | slippy | |
#111630 | unprincipled |
How to use slippery in a sentence?
That's an example of how protean and slippery the stories are and that's why we like them.
I think it’s a dangerous line, and once breached, we are on a slippery slope.
Unapproved voice cloning is a slippery slope, as soon as you get into a world where you’re making subjective judgment calls about whether specific cases can be ethical, it won’t be long before anything goes.
For somebody in recovery, social isolation is a really slippery slope, it can often lead to the relapse.
The idea that we restrict freedom of speech, the right to assemble, the right to protest because somebody might be offended is a slippery slope.
Translations for slippery
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- lliscantCatalan, Valencian
- kluzkýCzech
- glatDanish
- rutschigGerman
- glitaEsperanto
- escurridizo, resbaladizoSpanish
- labaingarriakBasque
- لیزPersian
- liukasFinnish
- glissant, glissanteFrench
- sleamhainIrish
- sleamhainnScottish Gaelic
- csúszósHungarian
- licinIndonesian
- scivoloso, scivolosaItalian
- 미끄럽다Korean
- slidensLatvian
- peopeoMāori
- glad, glibberigDutch
- nahateełNavajo, Navaho
- śliskiPolish
- escorregadio, lisoPortuguese
- скользкий, увёртливыйRussian
- kliženjeSerbo-Croatian
- halSwedish
- kayganTurkish
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