slick
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a slippery smoothness
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Types & categories
- smoothness hypernym
Related & opposite
- slick down derivation
- slick derivation
- satiny derivation
- slippery derivation
- slick derivation
Sense 2 verb
make slick or smooth
Types & categories
- polish hypernym
Related & opposite
- slick derivation
Sense 3 adjective
made slick by e.g. ice or grease
sidewalks slick with ice
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Sense 4 noun
a magazine printed on good quality paper
Types & categories
- magazine hypernym
Sense 5 verb
give a smooth and glossy appearance
slick one's hair
Types & categories
- comb out hypernym
Related & opposite
- slick derivation
Sense 6 adjective
having only superficial plausibility
glib promises
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Sense 7 noun
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
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Sense 8 adjective
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
glossy auburn hair
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Sense 9 noun
a trowel used to make a surface slick
Types & categories
- trowel hypernym
Sense 10 adjective
marked by skill in deception
cunning men often pass for wise
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | satiny |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slippery |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | smoothness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | polish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | slippery |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | magazine |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | comb out |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | glibness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | plausible |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | film |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | oil slick |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | satin |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | silk |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | silkiness |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | bright |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | trowel |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | trick |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | chicanery |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | shiftiness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | glibness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | guile |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodge |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | trickery |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodger |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | artful |