Synonyms for Slippery

Synonyms for "slippery" (234 found)

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Closest matches (47)

acute adipose ambidextrous amoral arch artful astute blubbery buttery butyraceous cagey calculating canny changeable chiseling chrismal chrismatory clever collusive conscienceless

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Adjective(2 words)

cryptic dishonest

Strong matches (70)

double-dealing doubtful dubious elusive elusory evasive faithless false falsehearted fat fatty feline felonious finagling fishy foxy fraudulent furtive glassy greased

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greasy guileful hazardous icy ill-got ill-gotten immoral inconstant indirect infirm ingenious insecure insidious insincere insubstantial inventive knowing lardaceous lardy lubric lubricated lubricious machiavellian machiavellic malingering mucoid mutablenot kosheroiled oily oleaginous oleicon slippery groundon thin ice

Adjective(6 words)

eellike elusive greasyinconsistent issuenonfrictional nonviscid

Adjective(6 words)

glibbery glidder gliddery lubric lubricious lubricous

Verb(1 words)

hydroplaned

Noun(3 words)

hydroplaningice conditionlubricant

Related words (117)

pawky perfidious perilous politic precarious provisional purchasable questionable ready reptilian resourceful rich risky rotten scheming sebaceous serpentine shady shaky shameless

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Verb(2 words)

skidded weaseled

Adjective(7 words)

slabbery slape slidder sliddery slidey slidyslippery as an eel

Adjective(12 words)

slickslick coatingslimier slimiest slipperier slipperiest slippysmooth table surfacetricky untrustworthywet groundwet grounds

Noun(2 words)

slipping tripping

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

3 entries

behavioral traitconceptsurface property

More specific

6 entries

slippery conceptslippery floorslippery iceslippery ideaslippery salespersonslippery witness

Collocations

6 entries

slippery floorslippery roadslippery slopeslippery soapslippery stairsslippery surface

Inflections

2 entries

more slipperymost slippery

Derivations

2 entries

slipperily slipperiness

Antonyms

1 entries

nonslippery

similar

12 entries

lubricious nonstick slick sliding slimed slimy slipping slithering slithery smooth untrustworthy untrusty

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The politician is as slippery as an eel!

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Watch your step. The floor is slippery.

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Watch your step, as the passageway is slippery.

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Driving on a slippery road can lead to a car wreck.

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Slippery