Definition for Silky:

• Possessing the qualities of silk; soft; glossy; having the appearance of silk.

Synonyms for Silky:

• adj.

  •deferential (adjective)
  • reverential,
  • sub missive,
  • Obeisant,
  • sub-missive,
  • in sinuating,
  • in-sinuating.
  •disarming (adjective)
  • Inveigling,
  • be witching,
  • dis arming,
  • most winning,
  • dis-arming,
  • irresistible,
  • be-witching.
  •downy (adjective)
  • featherlike,
  • plumate,
  • pubescent,
  • Velutinous,
  • velvety,
  • fleecy,
  • plumose.
  •fluffy (adjective)
  • downy,
  • flossy,
  • Piler,
  • linty.
  •glossy (adjective)
  • more burnished,
  • more chatoyant,
  • most burnished,
  • most reflecting,
  • most chatoyant,
  • lustrous,
  • more reflecting.
  •gossamer (adjective)
  • more cobweb,
  • more tiffany,
  • trans lucent,
  • trans parent,
  • gossamer,
  • most tiffany,
  • most cobweb,
  • trans-lucent,
  • trans-parent.
  •sleek (adjective)
  • most satin,
  • more satin.
  •slippery (adjective)
  • most glace,
  • un-steadiest,
  • un safe,
  • un steadier,
  • like a skating rink,
  • un-stable,
  • like skating rink,
  • un-stablest,
  • un-safe,
  • un stablest,
  • un steadiest,
  • un stable,
  • un steady,
  • un-safest,
  • un stabler,
  • un-stabler,
  • un-steadier,
  • un-safer,
  • more glace,
  • un safer,
  • un safest.
  •soft (adjective)
  • pulpy,
  • Pappy,
  • cottony,
  • cushiony,
  • gelatinous,
  • bendable,
  • softer,
  • doughy,
  • doughier.
  •unruffled (adjective)
  • more unwrinkled,
  • un-ruffled,
  • most unwrinkled,
  • un-wrinkled,
  • un ruffled,
  • un wrinkled.
  •very smooth; like satin (adjective)
  • delicate,
  • tender,
  • luxurious,
  • like silk,
  • plush,
  • silk.

• n.

  •
  • brilliant,
  • dazzling,
  • glittering,
  • sparkling,
  • glittery,
  • bright,
  • glaring.
  •
  • waxy.
  •glossy (noun)
  • glossy.
  •satiny (noun)
  • satiny.
  •silklike (noun)
  • silklike.
  •slick (noun)
  • slick.
  •smooth (noun)
  • smooth.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • feathery,
  • mushy,
  • willow.
  •
  • spongy,
  • frothy.

Paraphrases for Silky:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    smooth.

Antonyms for Silky:

• adj.

  • very smooth; like satin
    dull, healthy, poor, strong.
  • Other antonyms:
    coarse, scraggy, shaven, rugged, bald, jagged, beardless, irregular, harsh, ragged, lumpy, bumpy, broken, roughened, grainy, scratchy, gritty, smooth, hairless, glabrous, pebbly, rough, granular, shaved, shorn.

Silky Sentence Examples:

• It was beautiful fair silky hair, smooth and shining; carelessly arranged in an enormous knot to all appearances, but in reality with much care.

• She lifted the huge toy off the silver tray held out to her and buried her shining face in the soft, silky wool.

Homophones for Silky:

• soleless, slowcoach, salix, shoelace, Seljuk, sexless, silesia, solace, salsa, slough, slack, silique, shekels, silicious, suillus, scalelike, sociology, slushy, silky oak, slash, shillelagh, salicaceae, siliqua, schoolhouse, saw log, slake, saluki, scalage, Sauce Louis, slacks, sash lock, schlock, shellac, silk, sclk, shigellosis, slask, shellac wax, silicosis, scalawag, suslik, salish, skulk, schulz, salk, socialize, sacculus, slush, seychellois, sulcus, sillago, shylock, squalus, sea slug, squelch, Seleucus I, slouch, slag, Sao Louis, seleucus, silex, sloughy, skywalk, saw logs, sluggish, sls, sleaze, sleigh, Siskiyou Lewisia, shell-less, silage, sexualise, sleek, scalic, silica, slews, slezsko, seychelles, souslik, sills, socialise, slosh, soleus, scale wax, seles, saxicolous, sulk, sleazy, saclike, shlock, sulawesi, slog, salacious, sluiceway, shellack, soliloquize, slice, saw-like, selachii, silks, shoe lace, slug, soul kiss, sluice, soulless, scoliosis, sialis, sulky, silk oak, sexualize, slouchy, soliloquy, siliceous, soliloquise, shoeless, sea louse, scaleless, syllogise, syllogize, shell shock, slick, suchlike, silkey, scallywag, sales.