slippery synonyms

slippery

modif.

glassy, smooth, glazed, polished, oily, slick, waxy, lubricious, unctuous, soapy, greasy, slimy, icy, lustrous, satiny, silky, satin-smooth, glabrous, sleek, glistening, wet, glacé (French), unsafe, insecure, uncertain, untrustworthy, unreliable, tricky, shifty, slithery, slippy, skiddy, slippery as an eel*.

Antonyms rough*, sticky*, tenacious.

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