SLICK Synonyms

• a magazine printed on good quality paper

• a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper

• based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

• (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers

• reflecting light

• superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense

• having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

• having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

• resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness

• (used of eyes) lacking liveliness

• (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it

• smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• brilliant

• reflecting light

• containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

• unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

• coated or covered with oil

• smeared or soiled with grease or oil

• perfected or made shiny and smooth

• showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

• (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

• (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

• having a shiny surface or coating

• reflecting light

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• covered with or resembling slime

• morally reprehensible

• causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

• not to be trusted

• having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities

• of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth

• (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected

• of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence

• the act of smoothing

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

• smooth and unconstrained in movement

• lacking obstructions or difficulties

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing

• make (a surface) shine

• free from obstructions

• smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

• resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

• marked by skill in deception

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

• crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

• attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness

• marked by skill in deception

• showing inventiveness and skill

• of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk

• marked by skill in deception

• superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject

• performing adroitly and without effort

• expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

• marked by skill in deception

• marked by lack of intellectual depth

• having only superficial plausibility

• artfully persuasive in speech