Dictionary Entry

slick

slick is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Schlich. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 14 senses

Definitions

1noun
See Schlich.
2adjective
Sleek; smooth.
3transitive verb
To make sleek or smoth.
4noun
A wide paring chisel.
5noun
a trowel used to make a surface slick
6noun
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
7noun
a slippery smoothness
"he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
Synonyms
slickness slip slipperiness
8noun
a magazine printed on good quality paper
Synonyms
glossy
9verb
give a smooth and glossy appearance
"slick one's hair"
10verb
make slick or smooth
Synonyms
sleek
11adjective
marked by skill in deception
"cunning men often pass for wise"
"deep political machinations"
Synonyms
crafty cunning dodgy foxy guileful knavish sly tricksy tricky wily
12adjective
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
"glossy auburn hair"
"satiny gardenia petals"
Synonyms
satiny silken silklike silky sleek
13adjective
having only superficial plausibility
"glib promises"
"a slick commercial"
Synonyms
glib pat
14adjective
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"

Synonyms

slickness slip slipperiness glossy sleek crafty cunning dodgy foxy guileful knavish sly tricksy tricky wily satiny silken silklike silky glib pat

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slick:

licks

Common word forms

slicks slicked slicken slicker slickly slickest slicking slickness

Words from these letters

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