Noun
- 1. slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip, smoothness
- usage: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
- 2. slick, slick magazine, glossy, magazine, mag
- usage: a magazine printed on good quality paper
- 3. slick, film
- usage: a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- 4. slick, trowel
- usage: a trowel used to make a surface slick
Verb
- 1. slick, sleek, polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
- usage: make slick or smooth
- 2. slick, slick down, sleek down, comb, comb out, disentangle
- usage: give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair"
Adjective
- 1. slick, slippery (vs. nonslippery), slippy
- usage: 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"
- 2. glib, pat, slick, plausible (vs. implausible)
- usage: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"
- 3. satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick, bright (vs. dull)
- usage: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"
- 4. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily, artful (vs. artless)
- usage: 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"
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