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slick

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of slick

to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction
  • slicking the bottom of their skis with wax
Synonyms of slick

grease, lubricate, oil, wax
Words Related to slick

bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet
Near Antonyms of slick

coarsen, rough, roughen

dehydrate, dry, parch, sear

slick

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of slick

1 having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction
  • Roads are often slick during the first hour of a rainstorm.
Synonyms of slick

greased, greasy, lubricated, oiled, slicked, slippery, slithery
Words Related to slick

brushed, buffed, burnished, glossed, ground, polished, rubbed, shined

coated, glazed, waxed

soapy, waxy

rasped, sandblasted, sanded, sandpapered, scoured, scraped, scrubbed
Near Antonyms of slick

coarsened, rough, roughened, scuffed, uneven
2 clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
  • a slick ad campaign that made the little car look cool
Synonyms of slick

artful, beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, sly, subtle, tricky, wily
Words Related to slick

astute, facile, glib, sharp

crooked, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, fraudulent, insinuating, knavish, Machiavellian, oblique, serpentine, shady, shifty, slippery, sneaky, treacherous, underhand, underhanded, unscrupulous

backhanded, double-dealing, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, smooth-tongued, two-faced

circuitous, circular, roundabout

clandestine, concealed, covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover

calculating, plotting
Near Antonyms of slick

obvious, open, patent, plain, public, unconcealed

aboveboard, candid, direct, forthright, frank, honest, natural, outspoken, plainspoken, real, simple, sincere, straightforward, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious, unvarnished

childlike, impressionable, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly

unforced, unstudied

trustful, trusting
Antonyms of slick

artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning

Synonym Discussion of slick

sleek, slick, glossy mean having a smooth bright surface or appearance. sleek suggests a smoothness or brightness resulting from attentive grooming or physical conditioning.
    • a sleek racehorse
slick suggests extreme smoothness that results in a slippery surface.
    • slipped and fell on the slick floor
glossy suggests a highly reflective surface.
    • photographs having a glossy finish

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