| NOUN | attribute | slick, slickness, slipperiness, slip | a slippery smoothness |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | slick, slick magazine, glossy | a magazine printed on good quality paper | |
| artifact | slick | a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water | |
| artifact | slick | a trowel used to make a surface slick | |
| VERB | contact | slick, sleek | make slick or smooth |
| body | slick, slick down, sleek down | give a smooth and glossy appearance | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | slick | made slick by e.g. ice or grease |
| all | slick, facile, neat | arrived at without due care or effort | |
| all | slick, glib, pat | having only superficial plausibility | |
| all | slick, satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike | having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light | |
| all | slick, crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily | marked by skill in deception |
| Sounds | slih'k | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | made slick by e.g. ice or grease. | |
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| Broader | slippery, slippy | Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide |
| Spanish | resbaladizo | |
| Nouns | slickness | a slippery smoothness |
| Meaning | arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | facile, neat | |
| Broader | superficial | Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious |
| Spanish | superficial | |
| Meaning | Having only superficial plausibility. | |
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| Example | "a slick commercial" | |
| Synonyms | glib, pat | |
| Broader | plausible | apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful |
| Nouns | slickness | a kind of fluent easy superficiality |
| Meaning | Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light. | |
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| Example | "slick seals and otters" | |
| Synonyms | satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike | |
| Broader | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
| Spanish | brillante, de seda, liso, lustroso, satinado, sedosa, sedoso, terso | |
| Catalan | brillant, lluent, llustrós, satinat, sedós | |
| Nouns | slickness | a slippery smoothness |
| Meaning | marked by skill in deception. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a slick evasive answer" | |
| Synonyms | crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily | |
| Broader | artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
| Spanish | artero, astuto, bellaco, ladino, pícaro, sagaz, socarrón, taimado | |
| Catalan | astut, bergant, murri, sagaç, sorneguer | |
| Nouns | slickness | a kind of fluent easy superficiality |
| slickness | verbal / verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way | |
| Meaning | A slippery smoothness. | |
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| Example | "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" | |
| Synonyms | slickness, slipperiness, slip | |
| Broader | smoothness | A texture without roughness |
| Spanish | lustre, suavidad, viscosidad | |
| Verbs | slick | give a smooth and glossy appearance |
| slick | make slick or smooth | |
| Meaning | A magazine printed on good quality paper. | |
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| Synonyms | slick magazine, glossy | |
| Broader | magazine, mag | A periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it |
| Meaning | A film of oil or garbage floating on top of water. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | oil slick | A thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship) |
| Broader | film | A thin coating or layer |
| Meaning | A trowel used to make a surface slick. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | trowel | A small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade |
| Meaning | make slick or smooth. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | sleek | |
| Broader | polish, smooth, smoothen, shine | make (a surface) shine |
| Spanish | alisar | |
| Catalan | allisar | |
| Nouns | slick | a slippery smoothness |
| Meaning | Give a smooth and glossy appearance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They slick their hair | |
| Example | "slick one's hair" | |
| Synonyms | slick down, sleek down | |
| Broader | comb, comb out, disentangle | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
| Spanish | alisar, lustrar | |
| Catalan | allisar | |
| Nouns | slick | a slippery smoothness |
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