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Synonyms for slippery
ˈslɪp ə ri, ˈslɪp rislip·pe·ry
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
slippery
Synonyms:
smooth, glassy, lubricated, insecure, perilous, unsafe, unstable, shifty, elusive, shuffling, unprincipled, deceptive, evasive, untrustworthy, uncertainAntonyms:
rough, firm, unslippery, secure, safe, stable, solid, trustworthy
Princeton's WordNet
slippery, slippyadjective
causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
"slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
Antonyms:
nonslippery, nonslip, nonskid, trusty, trustworthyslippery, trickyadjective
not to be trusted
"how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
Synonyms:
dodgy, catchy, tricky, cunning, knavish, sly, guileful, wily, foxy, crafty, slippy, slick, tricksyAntonyms:
trustworthy, nonslippery, nonslip, nonskid, trusty
Dictionary of English Synonymes
slipperyadjective
slipperyadjective
Synonyms:
unstable, uncertain, changeable, mutable, unsteady, shakyslipperyadjective
Synonyms:
treacherous, perfidious, faithless, knavish, dishonest, false
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
slipperyadjective
Synonyms:
smooth, glib, inconstant, unstable, loose, incontinent, lubric
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3208 | wet | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#4537 | rolling | |
#8479 | slope | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#11474 | sliding | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#15835 | slick | |
#15928 | tricky | |
#16845 | unsafe | |
#18828 | slippery | |
#20069 | insecure | |
#20139 | elusive | |
#23246 | sly | |
#24397 | catchy | |
#24641 | deceptive | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#27566 | foxy | |
#28626 | greasy | |
#29656 | hernia | |
#35234 | shuffling | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#37424 | enigmatic | |
#38566 | perilous | |
#44681 | evasive | |
#46016 | lubricated | |
#46738 | glassy | |
#48777 | wily | |
#48820 | slimy | |
#66096 | shifty | |
#83297 | untrustworthy | |
#107171 | slippy | |
#111630 | unprincipled |
How to use slippery in a sentence?
Singapore was a very good lesson, we had the cars set up wrong for the conditions there. It was very odd. The circuit is very slippery there and we never got the tires to work properly. This was the mistake.
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
These are the rules, we have to play by them. But it has created unique challenges that we have not seen before. Everybody’s trying to navigate through it the best way they can. But there’s a slippery slope. I don’t think any of us really know where this is going to go. This is the world we’re in right now.
Yes, even for terrible people, because once you start chipping away and you say,' Well, that guy committed a terrible crime, not going to let him vote. Well, that person did that. Not going to let that person vote,' you're running down a slippery slope.
It's not what we stand for and the idea that we make it part of policy, when you do that, you really start down a slippery slope and you start to close the gap between us and the bad guys.
Translations for slippery
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- lliscantCatalan, Valencian
- kluzkýCzech
- glatDanish
- rutschigGerman
- glitaEsperanto
- escurridizo, resbaladizoSpanish
- labaingarriakBasque
- لیزPersian
- liukasFinnish
- glissant, glissanteFrench
- sleamhainIrish
- sleamhainnScottish Gaelic
- csúszósHungarian
- licinIndonesian
- scivoloso, scivolosaItalian
- 미끄럽다Korean
- slidensLatvian
- peopeoMāori
- glad, glibberigDutch
- nahateełNavajo, Navaho
- śliskiPolish
- escorregadio, lisoPortuguese
- скользкий, увёртливыйRussian
- kliženjeSerbo-Croatian
- halSwedish
- kayganTurkish
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