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Synonyms for silken
ˈsɪl kənsilken
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Princeton's WordNet
satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slickadjective
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
"glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"
Synonyms:
silky, cunning, flowing, sly, satiny, glib, sleek, knavish, tricksy, pat, crafty, silklike, wily, guileful, aerodynamic, dodgy, foxy, tricky, streamlined, slickAntonyms:
dull
Dictionary of English Synonymes
silkenadjective
Synonyms:
silky
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4535 | pat | |
#11248 | flowing | |
#14579 | sleek | |
#15835 | slick | |
#15928 | tricky | |
#18996 | silky | |
#20595 | streamlined | |
#23246 | sly | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#27214 | glib | |
#27566 | foxy | |
#34008 | aerodynamic | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#47302 | silken | |
#48777 | wily | |
#108569 | satiny |
How to use silken in a sentence?
When he speaks his words are akin to pearls strung on a silken thread....when he should speak it s like lustre shed by a ruby...when he does speak it s like crystal splash that cleaves the blue....
Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every airborne particle in its tissue.
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