Entry Word: slick

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having or being a surface so smooth as to make sliding or falling likely <roads are often slick during the first hour of a rainstorm>

Synonyms greased, greasy, lubricated, oiled, slicked, slippery, slithery

Related Words brushed, buffed, burnished, glossed, ground, polished, rubbed, shined; coated, glazed, waxed; soapy, waxy; rasped, sandblasted, sanded, sandpapered, scoured, scraped, scrubbed

Near Antonyms coarsened, rough, roughened, scuffed, uneven

2 clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means <a slick ad campaign that made smoking seem healthful> — see artful 1