Slippery synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
Excessively suave or ingratiating.
Consisting of or containing soap:
Excessively ingratiating; smarmy:
(Slang) Attractive, stylish, etc.; specif., sexually attractive
unctuosity
The state or characteristic of being unctuous.
definite (antonym)
The definition of definite is something that has limits, is clear in meaning, absolutely true and positive.
Naturally shiny and smooth.
Cold in manner or attitude; unfriendly
Having a sheen or glow; gleaming:
Delicate or gentle
glabrous
(Biol.) Without hair, down, or fuzz; bald
Smooth and shiny; glossy, as a highly polished surface, well-kept hair or fur, etc.
Not yet dry or firm:
glacé (French)
Not safe; dangerous.
Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety:
Subject to change; variable:
Marked by or exhibiting a lack of reliability.
Full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
Like or characterized by a slither
skiddy
Liable to skid or cause skidding:
slippery-as-an-eel
(Simile, colloquial) So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold with one's hands
rough (antonym)
Difficult to endure or live through, especially because of harsh or inclement weather:
sticky (antonym)
Potentially difficult to escape from.
The definition of dishonest is a person who cheats or lies.
The definition of elusive is being difficult to grasp or retain.
The definition of evasive is someone or something that is tricky or hard to catch.
Suggestive of grease in slickness or slipperiness:
Not constant; changeable
Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure:
lubric
1773, William Creech (edit), The Edinburgh Magazine and Review by a Society of Gentlemen, Volumes 1-2, page 141,
Sexually stimulating; salacious:
Smooth, glossy, and slippery:
Having a fine texture:
Characterized by uncertain or inadequate response to treatment and the potential for unfavorable outcome, as the status of a medical condition or disease.
dry (antonym)
No longer wet:
unslippery (antonym)
smooth, slick
reliable (antonym)
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
trustworthy (antonym)
The definition of trustworthy is someone who is honest who can be entrusted with your secrets or with anything else of importance.
stable (antonym)
Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation:
certain (antonym)
Named but not known or previously mentioned:
seek (related)
Characterized by or exhibiting evasion
nonslippery (antonym)
Not slippery.
Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective.
Of eyes: showing no liveliness.
Like wax in nature or appearance
satin-smooth
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