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Nouns (2)

slick

n. a trowel used to make a surface slick

slick magazine

n. a magazine printed on good quality paper

Verbs (3)

sleek

v. make slick or smooth

slick down, sleek down

v. give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair"

Adverbs (1)

smoothly

adv. in a smooth and diplomatic manner; "`And now,' he said smoothly, `we will continue the conversation'"

Adjectives (19)

slick

adj. made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"

pat, glib

adj. having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

satin, sleek, glossy, satiny, silken, silky

adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

cunning, crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

Fuzzynyms (119)

round, polish, round off, brush up, polish up

v. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"

retouch, touch up

v. alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This photograph has been retouched!"

fatty, greasy, oily, oleaginous

adj. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"

flattering

adj. showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"

insincere, hypocritical

adj. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

satin, slick, sleek, glossy, satiny, silken, silky

adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

fine

adj. of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"

spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

pat, slick, glib

adj. having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

flattering

adj. showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"

insincere, hypocritical

adj. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

polished

adj. perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

slippery

adj. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

fatty, greasy, oily, oleaginous

adj. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"

saponaceous, soapy

adj. resembling or having the qualities of soap; "a soapy consistency"

soft

adj. yielding readily to pressure or weight

fleshy, pulpy

adj. like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness

elegant

adj. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

debonair, debonaire, suave, polished, debonnaire

adj. having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"

refined

adj. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

sharp, astute, shrewd

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

smart, bright

adj. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"

intelligent

adj. having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

apprehensive, discerning, perceptive

adj. quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

perspicacious, sagacious, sapient

adj. acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"

cunning, clever, cagey, cagy, canny

adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

shifty

adj. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a devious character"; "shifty eyes"

devious, scheming, calculating

adj. used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

dastard, dastardly

adj. treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt

lying, dishonest, mendacious

adj. given to lying; "a lying witness"; "a mendacious child"

nefarious, villainous

adj. extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"

sneaky, underhand, underhanded

adj. marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

expedient, shrewd, worldly-wise

adj. appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

Machiavellian

adj. of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; "Machiavellian thinking"

skulking, sneak, surreptitious, stealthy, furtive, hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner, sneaky, underhand

adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

covert

adj. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"

libertine, degenerate, profligate, degraded, debauched, dissipated, dissolute

adj. unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

cunning, crafty, unscrupulous

adj. without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

Janus-faced, two-faced, deceitful, double-faced, hypocritical, double-tongued

adj. professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

pat, promptly, pronto, without delay

adv. in a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly"

Synonyms (35)

greased, lubricated

adj. smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction

greasy

adj. smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"

lubricious

adj. having a smooth or slippery quality; "the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious"

nonstick

adj. (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles; "a frying pan with a nonstick surface"

sliding

adj. being a smooth continuous motion

slimed, slimy

adj. covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks"

slippy

adj. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

slithery

adj. having a slippery surface or quality ; "slithery mud"; "slithery eels"

arguable

adj. capable of being supported by argument

creaseless, uncreased

adj. used especially of fabrics; "uncreased trousers"

marmoreal, marmorean

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of marble

seamless, unlined, unfurrowed, unseamed, unwrinkled

adj. used especially of skin; "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face"

velvet, velvety

adj. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

waxy, waxlike, ceraceous

adj. resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves"

adroit, clever, ingenious

adj. skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme"

byzantine, devious

adj. characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements"

cute, precious

adj. obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"

designing, scheming

adj. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"

manipulative

adj. skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage; "the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child"

Antonyms (3)

rough

adj. having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

artless

adj. simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"

straight

adj. characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"

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