What is another word for slick?
1108 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ slˈɪk], [ slˈɪk], [ s_l_ˈɪ_k]
Slick is a commonly used word to describe something that is smooth, polished, or sleek. However, there are many other synonyms you could use to spruce up your language. "Glossy" implies a sheen or shine, while "shiny" suggests brightness or luster. If you're looking for a more sophisticated word, you could use "chic" or "contemporary". For something that flows smoothly, "fluid" is a good option. "Sleek" and "polished" both indicate refinement, while "slicked-back" might suggest a certain suaveness or sophistication. "Oily" is another word to use for describing something shiny or smooth, but beware that it can have negative connotations as well.
Synonyms for Slick:
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adj.
• cunning- astute ,
- calculating ,
- deft ,
- designing ,
- devious ,
- feline ,
- foxy ,
- ingenious ,
- masterful ,
- masterly ,
- quick ,
- scheming ,
- sharp ,
- skillful ,
- snaky ,
- subtle ,
- wary ,
- witty ,
- fancy footwork ,
- machiavellian ,
- sly boots ,
- smarts ,
- street-smart .
- fast talk ,
- flipper ,
- untroublesome ,
- breezer ,
- breezest ,
- child play ,
- childs play ,
- flippest ,
- more picnic ,
- more pushover ,
- more untroublesome ,
- most pushover ,
- most untroublesome ,
- un complicated ,
- un troublesome ,
- un-complicated ,
- un-troublesome .
- Tony ,
- chic ,
- chichi ,
- conventional ,
- coordinated ,
- dapper ,
- dashing ,
- decorous ,
- fancy ,
- fashionable ,
- modal ,
- rakish ,
- refined ,
- ritzy ,
- showy ,
- smart ,
- snappy ,
- stylish ,
- swank ,
- up-to-date ,
- vogue .
- adulatory ,
- mealymouthed ,
- sycophantic ,
- in-ordinate ,
- mealy mouthed ,
- more adulatory ,
- more wheedling ,
- most adulatory ,
- most sycophantic ,
- most wheedling ,
- over done .
- Sophic ,
- percipient ,
- tuned in ,
- tuned-in ,
- with-it ,
- witting ,
- de liberate ,
- de-liberate ,
- in tended ,
- in-tended ,
- more percipient ,
- more sophic ,
- more tuned in ,
- more tunedin ,
- more with it ,
- more withit ,
- more witting ,
- most percipient ,
- most tuned in ,
- most tuned-in ,
- most tunedin ,
- most with it ,
- most with-it ,
- most withit ,
- most witting ,
- tunedin ,
- well informed ,
- withit .
- unctuous ,
- co axing ,
- co-axing ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuating ,
- more cajoling ,
- more coaxing ,
- most cajoling ,
- most coaxing .
- all together ,
- in apple-pie order ,
- in order ,
- in shape ,
- neat as pin ,
- set-up ,
- uncluttered ,
- neat as button ,
- to rights .
- Lacquered ,
- burnished ,
- edgeless ,
- even ,
- flat ,
- frictionless ,
- glazed ,
- glossy ,
- level ,
- marble ,
- polished ,
- satin-smooth ,
- satiny ,
- silky ,
- sleek ,
- slilken ,
- slithery ,
- varnished ,
- velvety .
- fast-talking ,
- hot-air ,
- smooth operator ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- vocative ,
- fast talking ,
- fasttalking ,
- hotair ,
- more fast talking ,
- more fast-talking ,
- more fasttalking ,
- more hot air ,
- more hot-air ,
- more hotair ,
- more smooth spoken ,
- more smooth-spoken ,
- most fast talking ,
- most fast-talking ,
- most fasttalking ,
- most hot air ,
- most hot-air ,
- most hotair ,
- most smooth spoken ,
- most smoothspoken ,
- most vocative ,
- silver tongued ,
- silvertongued ,
- smooth spoken ,
- smooth tongued ,
- smoothspoken ,
- smoothtongued .
- dressed to the teeth ,
- in the mainstream ,
- snazzy ,
- spiffy ,
- dappest ,
- dressed teeth ,
- dressed the teeth ,
- dressed to teeth ,
- flyest ,
- up to date .
- Multiloquent ,
- big mouthed ,
- big-mouthed ,
- full of hot air ,
- longwinded ,
- loose-lipped ,
- talky ,
- voluble ,
- long winded ,
- loose lipped ,
- looselipped ,
- more big mouthed ,
- more big-mouthed ,
- more bigmouthed ,
- more chattering ,
- more loose lipped ,
- more loose-lipped ,
- more looselipped ,
- more rattling ,
- most big mouthed ,
- most big-mouthed ,
- most chattering ,
- most loose lipped ,
- most loose-lipped ,
- most looselipped ,
- most multiloquent ,
- most rattling .
- dirty dealing ,
- dirty-dealing ,
- scamer ,
- dirtydealing ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- more cheating ,
- more dirty-dealing ,
- more flimflam ,
- most dirty dealing ,
- most dirty-dealing ,
- most dirtydealing ,
- most flimflam ,
- un ethical ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un-ethical ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-professional .
- brainy ,
- capable ,
- no slouch ,
- nobody's fool ,
- on the ball ,
- on the beam ,
- practiced ,
- skilled ,
- slick ,
- versed ,
- wizard .
- acute ,
- careful ,
- cautious ,
- circumspect ,
- discreet ,
- frugal ,
- intelligent ,
- judicious ,
- prudent ,
- sagacious ,
- street smart ,
- watchful ,
- with it ,
- worldly-wise .
- alert ,
- brilliant ,
- competent ,
- deep ,
- discerning ,
- egghead ,
- gifted ,
- inventive ,
- keen ,
- knowledgeable ,
- many-sided ,
- pretty ,
- pro ,
- qualified ,
- rational ,
- sensible ,
- sprightly ,
- talented ,
- versatile .
- Deceiving ,
- beguiling ,
- clandestine ,
- counterfeit ,
- delusive ,
- delusory ,
- double-dealing ,
- fallacious ,
- false ,
- furtive ,
- hypocritical ,
- illusory ,
- indirect ,
- knavish ,
- lying ,
- mendacious ,
- misleading ,
- rascal ,
- sneaky ,
- stealthy ,
- two-faced ,
- underhand ,
- underhanded ,
- untrustworthy ,
- untruthful .
- having know how ,
- having knowhow ,
- having the know how ,
- having the knowhow ,
- more nimble fingered ,
- more nimble-fingered ,
- more nimblefingered ,
- most nimble fingered ,
- most nimble-fingered ,
- most nimblefingered ,
- nimble fingered ,
- nimblefingered .
- glaziest ,
- lustrous ,
- more burnished ,
- more hyaline ,
- more hyaloid ,
- more vitric ,
- most burnished ,
- most hyaline ,
- most hyaloid ,
- most vitric ,
- trans parent ,
- trans-parent .
- more anointed ,
- more daubed ,
- more lubricated ,
- more pomaded ,
- more salved ,
- more smeared ,
- more swabbed ,
- most anointed ,
- most daubed ,
- most lubricated ,
- most pomaded ,
- most salved ,
- most smeared ,
- most swabbed ,
- pomaded ,
- slimier .
- dis simulating ,
- dis-simulating ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- insincere ,
- more dissembling ,
- more dissimulating ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more puton ,
- most dissembling ,
- most dissimulating ,
- most put on ,
- most put-on ,
- most puton ,
- puton ,
- un faithful ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-faithful ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest .
- ex act ,
- ex-act ,
- more well kept ,
- more well-kept ,
- more wellkept ,
- most well kept ,
- most well-kept ,
- most wellkept ,
- neater ,
- re gular ,
- re-gular ,
- spick and span ,
- well kept ,
- wellkept .
- more betraying ,
- more double crossing ,
- more double-crossing ,
- more two timing ,
- more two-timing ,
- more twotiming ,
- more unloyal ,
- most double crossing ,
- most double-crossing ,
- most doublecrossing ,
- most two timing ,
- most two-timing ,
- most twotiming ,
- most unloyal ,
- snake grass ,
- snake the grass ,
- un dependable ,
- un loyal ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-loyal .
- meritable ,
- more meritable ,
- more pillar ,
- more thankworthy ,
- most meritable ,
- most pillar ,
- most thankworthy ,
- salt earth .
- knowing one stuff ,
- knowing stuff ,
- more well qualified ,
- more well-qualified ,
- more wellqualified ,
- most well qualified ,
- most wellqualified ,
- well qualified ,
- wellqualified .
- more penetrative ,
- more sharp sighted ,
- more sharpsighted ,
- most sharp sighted ,
- most sharp-sighted ,
- most sharpsighted ,
- quick witted ,
- quickwitted ,
- sharp sighted ,
- sharp witted ,
- sharpsighted ,
- sharpwitted .
- Meandrous ,
- mazier ,
- maziest ,
- more coiling ,
- more snakelike ,
- more twisting ,
- most coiling ,
- most snakelike ,
- most twisting ,
- twisting turning .
- Unhonest ,
- fly by night ,
- more conniving ,
- more contriving ,
- more dodging ,
- more equivocating ,
- more prevaricative ,
- more prevaricatory ,
- more shuffling ,
- more unhonest ,
- most conniving ,
- most contriving ,
- most dodging ,
- most equivocating ,
- most prevaricative ,
- most prevaricatory ,
- most shuffling ,
- most unhonest ,
- un honest ,
- un-honest .
- in side ,
- more argute ,
- most argute ,
- on inside ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- sharkest .
- Sleeky ,
- dextrous ,
- glib ,
- icy ,
- meretricious ,
- oleaginous ,
- plausible ,
- soapy ,
- sophisticated ,
- specious ,
- urbane .
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-constant ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- mutable ,
- un predictable ,
- un safe ,
- un safer ,
- un safest ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un steady ,
- un-predictable ,
- un-safe ,
- un-safer ,
- un-safest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest .
- long haired ,
- more eggheaded ,
- more genius ,
- more long-haired ,
- more longhaired ,
- most eggheaded ,
- most long haired ,
- most longhaired ,
- skuller ,
- skullest .
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- affected ,
- artificial ,
- forced ,
- hollow ,
- pretentious ,
- studied ,
- sugary .
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- back copy ,
- back issue ,
- back-number ,
- biweekly ,
- broadsheet ,
- brochure ,
- bulletin ,
- comic ,
- comic book ,
- compact .
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- order .
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- blowout ,
- borehole ,
- gusher ,
- offshore ,
- oil platform ,
- oil rig ,
- oil slick ,
- oil well ,
- oilfield ,
- oilman .
- bi monthlies ,
- bi monthly ,
- bi weeklies ,
- bi weekly ,
- bi-monthlies ,
- bi-weeklies ,
- bimonthlies ,
- biweeklies ,
- re view ,
- re views ,
- re-view ,
- re-views ,
- semi weeklies ,
- semi weekly ,
- semi-weeklies ,
- semiweeklies .
- pat .
- ambidextrou ,
- backhandeds ,
- deceitfuls ,
- deceptives ,
- deviou ,
- dis ingenuousness ,
- dis ingenuousnesses ,
- dis-ingenuousness ,
- dis-ingenuousnesses ,
- disingenuou ,
- dissemblings ,
- dissimulatings ,
- duplicitou ,
- evasives ,
- faithlesses ,
- falses ,
- lyings ,
- mendaciou ,
- perfidiou ,
- pretentiou ,
- shifties ,
- two faceds ,
- two-faceds ,
- twofaceds ,
- un trues ,
- un-trues ,
- unfaithfuls ,
- untrues ,
- untruthfuls .
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v.
• deck • dress up- decking out ,
- decks out ,
- fits out ,
- over dress ,
- over dressed ,
- over dresses ,
- over dressing ,
- over-dress ,
- over-dressed ,
- over-dresses ,
- over-dressing ,
- overdresses ,
- spiffing up ,
- spiffs up ,
- titivates .
- lubed ,
- oil wheels ,
- oiled the wheels ,
- oiled wheels ,
- oiling the wheels ,
- oiling wheels ,
- oils the wheels ,
- oils wheels .
- gets dressed up ,
- getting dressed up ,
- got dressed up ,
- gotten dressed up ,
- pre pare ,
- pre pared ,
- pre pares ,
- pre paring ,
- pre-pare ,
- pre-pared ,
- pre-paring ,
- spiffed ,
- spiffs .
- ex plain ,
- ex plained ,
- ex plaining ,
- ex plains ,
- ex-plain ,
- ex-plained ,
- ex-plaining ,
- ex-plains ,
- makes clear ,
- re fine ,
- re fined ,
- re fines ,
- re fining ,
- re-fine ,
- re-fined ,
- re-fines ,
- re-fining .
- re curve ,
- re curved ,
- re curves ,
- re curving ,
- re-curve ,
- re-curved ,
- re-curves ,
- re-curving ,
- recurves ,
- whorling .
- goes stealthily ,
- going stealthily ,
- gumshoed ,
- passed quietly ,
- passes quietly ,
- passing quietly ,
- went stealthily .
Other synonyms:
- barnstorming ,
- cagey ,
- feathery ,
- film ,
- lubricious ,
- mushy ,
- nice ,
- savvy ,
- workmanlike .
- able ,
- accomplished ,
- dexterous ,
- frothy ,
- perspicacious ,
- spongy ,
- tight .
- knowing .
- come naturally/easily/easy (to someone) ,
- convenient ,
- easy ,
- effortless ,
- elementary ,
- manageable ,
- mindless ,
- trouble-free ,
- undemanding .
Other relevant words:
- Buttered ,
- Buttering ,
- Slank ,
- Sleeked ,
- Sleeking ,
- Slipped ,
- Snaked ,
- Snaking ,
- deck ,
- dress up ,
- go stealthily ,
- gumshoeing ,
- lose balance ,
- lose footing ,
- lubricate ,
- made clear ,
- make clear ,
- make improvement ,
- pass quietly ,
- polish ,
- primp ,
- refine ,
- round ,
- skate ,
- skating ,
- sleeks ,
- slink ,
- slinks ,
- slip ,
- slipping ,
- smooth along ,
- spruce up .
- Garlanded ,
- Garlanding ,
- Slicking ,
- gussied up ,
- gussies up ,
- gussy up ,
- prettified ,
- prettifies ,
- prettify ,
- prettifying ,
- slicked ,
- slicks .
- Preened ,
- Prinked ,
- Prinking ,
- Smarten ,
- Titivated ,
- Titivating ,
- deck out ,
- decked out ,
- fit out ,
- fitted out ,
- fitting out ,
- overdress ,
- overdressed ,
- overdressing ,
- prink ,
- prinks ,
- spiff up ,
- spiffed up ,
- titivate .
- Creamed ,
- Creaming ,
- Larded ,
- Larding ,
- Tallowed ,
- Tallowing ,
- grease ,
- lube ,
- lubes ,
- lubing ,
- oil ,
- oil the wheels ,
- tallow .
- Astucious ,
- Double dealing ,
- Glazy ,
- Hepper ,
- Impostrous ,
- Retiary ,
- Thankworthy ,
- Vitric ,
- Witted ,
- adept ,
- agleam ,
- all there ,
- artful ,
- bigmouthed ,
- canny ,
- chatoyant ,
- clever ,
- crafty ,
- crazy like a fox ,
- crazy like fox ,
- cunning ,
- deceitful ,
- dressed to kill ,
- dressed to nines ,
- eggheaded ,
- expert ,
- falsehearted ,
- fulsome ,
- glassy ,
- glazier ,
- gleaming ,
- glistening ,
- greasy ,
- guileful ,
- having fancy footwork ,
- having know-how ,
- having the know-how ,
- hep ,
- hot tamale ,
- hotshot ,
- hyaline ,
- hyaloid ,
- in fine fettle ,
- in good order ,
- in good shape ,
- insidious ,
- know stuff ,
- knowing one's stuff ,
- long-haired ,
- mazy ,
- natty ,
- neat ,
- neat as a pin ,
- nimble-fingered ,
- nimble-witted ,
- no dummy ,
- on the inside ,
- on top of ,
- orderly ,
- penetrative ,
- persuasive ,
- phenom ,
- praiseworthy ,
- prevaricative ,
- prevaricatory ,
- professional ,
- proficient ,
- quick on the draw ,
- quick on the trigger ,
- quick on the uptake ,
- quick on trigger ,
- quick-witted ,
- roguish ,
- salt of earth ,
- serpentine ,
- shark ,
- sharp as a tack ,
- sharp-sighted ,
- sheeny ,
- shifty ,
- shiny ,
- shrewd ,
- slippery ,
- sly ,
- smart as a whip ,
- smooth ,
- smooth-tongued ,
- snake in grass ,
- snakelike ,
- sneaking ,
- streetwise ,
- talkative ,
- there ,
- treacherous ,
- tricky ,
- trig ,
- twisting and turning ,
- unethical ,
- unloyal ,
- up on ,
- up to speed ,
- upscale ,
- uptown ,
- voguish ,
- waxy ,
- well-kept ,
- well-proportioned ,
- well-qualified ,
- wily ,
- worldly wise .
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How to use "Slick" in context?
Slick is a word often associated with sleek modern design but its meaning goes much further back in history. Originally the word referred to a type of oil or fat used for lubrication. It was eventually used to describe a smooth or slippery surface. Slick-papers, for example, were papers that were coated with a slick substance so they would slide easily off of a writing surface. Slick also has a figurative meaning, which is when something is easy to understand or do. In business, a slick sales pitch is one that is smooth and easy to follow.
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