Synonyms of slick

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verb

as in to grease

to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction

slicking the bottom of their skis with wax

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grease
• oil
• wet
• lubricate
• wax
• wash
• soak
• water
• bathe
• drench
• douse
• souse
• dowse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rough
• roughen
• dry
• coarsen
• sear
• dehydrate
• parch

slick

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adjective

1

as in slicked

having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction

roads are often slick during the first hour of a rainstorm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slicked
• slippery
• greasy
• slithery
• greased
• ground
• lubricated
• slippy
• polished
• oiled
• coated
• rubbed
• sanded
• burnished
• glazed
• brushed
• waxed
• soapy
• buffed
• scraped
• shined
• waxy
• glossed
• scrubbed
• scoured
• sandblasted
• sandpapered
• rasped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rough
• uneven
• roughened
• scuffed
• coarsened

2

as in cunning

clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means

a slick ad campaign that made smoking look cool and sexy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cunning
• cute
• subtle
• deceptive
• treacherous
• fraudulent
• designing
• dishonest
• crooked
• slippery
• artful
• sly
• beguiling
• wily
• shrewd
• cagey
• tricky
• crafty
• foxy
• scheming
• devious
• dodgy
• guileful
• sharp
• shady
• deceitful
• cagy
• calculating
• covert
• glib
• clandestine
• astute
• circular
• facile
• shifty
• plotting
• serpentine
• undercover
• sneaky
• oblique
• unscrupulous
• underhanded
• roundabout
• Machiavellian
• concealed
• underhand
• hypocritical
• backhanded
• secret
• surreptitious
• insincere
• circuitous
• knavish
• mealy
• stealthy
• insinuating
• furtive
• two-faced
• mealymouthed
• double-dealing
• smooth-tongued
• left-handed
• hugger-mugger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plain
• guileless
• ingenuous
• artless
• innocent
• obvious
• public
• simple
• real
• open
• direct
• straightforward
• natural
• frank
• unaffected
• sincere
• honest
• forthright
• candid
• outspoken
• patent
• unpretentious
• unconcealed
• unvarnished
• unsophisticated
• childlike
• unpretending
• impressionable
• undesigning
• simpleminded
• unworldly
• aboveboard
• plainspoken
• unstudied
• unforced
• trusting
• trustful

3

as in excellent

of the very best kind

that's a slick new suit you have on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excellent
• terrific
• beautiful
• lovely
• great
• superb
• wonderful
• awesome
• stellar
• fantastic
• fabulous
• hot
• fine
• marvelous
• prime
• neat
• marvellous
• classic
• cool
• quality
• sensational
• nifty
• famous
• groovy
• heavenly
• cracking
• brave
• top
• superior
• sterling
• high-class
• dandy
• splendid
• top-notch
• first-class
• first-rate
• swell
• crackerjack
• divine
• top-shelf
• dope
• good
• peachy
• grand
• superlative
• banner
• topping
• dynamite
• bumper
• too much
• choice
• exceptional
• keen
• immense
• topflight
• par excellence
• decent
• unsurpassed
• blue-chip
• number one
• noble
• frontline
• blue-ribbon
• radical
• prize
• fab
• wizard
• boss
• phat
• gone
• out of this world
• bang-up
• primo
• mean
• tip-top
• gilt-edge
• out-of-sight
• top-of-the-line
• gangbuster
• bully
• righteous
• hype
• corking
• first-string
• down
• better
• capital
• A1
• supernal
• boffo
• gangbusters
• fantabulous
• adequate
• gilt-edged
• satisfactory
• bonny
• special
• brag
• jim-dandy
• passable
• five-star
• traditional
• prizewinning
• No. 1
• fancy
• acceptable
• peachy keen
• A-OK
• numero uno
• four-star
• bonnie
• okay
• classical
• premium
• tolerable
• high-grade
• all right
• OK
• standard
• high-test
• select
• superfine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• awful
• terrible
• pathetic
• vile
• rotten
• lousy
• wretched
• atrocious
• bad
• inferior
• unsatisfactory
• substandard
• low-grade
• execrable
• mediocre
• middling
• second-class
• second-rate

slick

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noun (1)

1

as in pictorial

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pictorial
• sheet
• edition
• extra
• tabloid
• tab
• fanzine
• little magazine
• broadside
• supplement
• digest
• newsletter
• rag
• serial
• quarterly
• daily
• monthly
• weekly
• newsmagazine
• newspaper
• bimonthly
• bulletin
• yearbook
• annual
• mag
• paper
• periodical
• zine
• organ
• magazine
• book
• biweekly
• newsweekly
• journal
• gazette
• semimonthly
• review
• semiweekly
• triweekly
• diurnal

2

as in slicker

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slicker
• smoothie
• slickster
• phoney
• fox
• knave
• fast-talker
• sneaker
• sneak
• imposter
• rogue
• plotter
• wheeler-dealer
• schemer
• rascal
• gamesman
• charlatan
• prankster
• slyboots
• quack
• pretender
• smoothy
• fake
• impostor
• faker
• mountebank
• phony
• adventurer
• ringer
• cardsharp
• bluffer
• sharper
• sham
• cardsharper
• blackleg
• quacksalver
• swindler
• confidence man
• dodger
• cheat
• humbug
• skinner
• chiseler
• sharpy
• cheater
• sharpie
• bilk
• scammer
• double-crosser
• trickster
• defrauder
• fraudster
• double-dealer
• chiseller
• shark
• finagler
• scamster
• tricker
• cozener
• fakir
• bilker
• hoaxer

3

as in chopper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chopper
• helicopter
• whirlybird
• copter
• eggbeater
• helo
• autogyro
• convertaplane
• convertiplane
• autogiro
• gyroplane
• tilt-rotor
• rotorcraft
• rotary-wing aircraft

slickness

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noun (2)

as in subtlety

skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means

we were both impressed and outraged by the expert slickness with which the swindler fooled us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cunning
• subtlety
• artfulness
• slyness
• ease
• subtleness
• guile
• deviousness
• canniness
• sneakiness
• craftiness
• wiliness
• craft
• cunningness
• artifice
• caginess
• cageyness
• inventiveness
• calculation
• cleverness
• design
• foxiness
• shrewdness
• care
• finesse
• ingenuity
• sharpness
• guilefulness
• duplicity
• shiftiness
• ingeniousness
• savvy
• facility
• underhandedness
• deceitfulness