Top synonyms for “slick”: crafty, cunning, dodgy, facile, foxy, glib, glossy, guileful, and 25 more below.
Definitions
- (noun)a trowel used to make a surface slick
- (noun)a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- (noun)a slippery smoothness“he could feel the slickness of the tiller”
- (noun)a magazine printed on good quality paper
- (verb)give a smooth and glossy appearance“slick one's hair”
- (verb)make slick or smooth
- (adjective)marked by skill in deception“cunning men often pass for wise”
- (adjective)having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light“glossy auburn hair”
- (adjective)having only superficial plausibility“glib promises”
- (adjective)superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject“too facile a solution for so complex a problem”
- (adjective)made slick by e.g. ice or grease“sidewalks slick with ice”
Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).
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Common synonyms for "slick" include crafty, cunning, dodgy, facile, foxy, glib. Our thesaurus lists 33 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "slick" mean?
a trowel used to make a surface slick
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