slipperier

ADJECTIVE

smooth, slick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

glistening greasy icy perilous polished silky unsafe unstable wet

WEAK

glacé glassy glazed like a skating rink lubricious lustrous satiny sleek slimy soapy unctuous unsteady waxy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dry safe secure

WEAK

certain definite reliable stable unslippery

ADJECTIVE

uncertain, unreliable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elusive shifty slick smooth treacherous tricky unpredictable unsafe unstable

WEAK

cagey changeable crafty cunning devious dishonest duplicitous evasive false fly-by-night foxy inconstant insecure mutable slithery sneaky two-faced unsteady untrustworthy variable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

coarse forthright frank harmless honest rough

WEAK

certain definite dry reliable stable unslippery

Example Sentences

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Keep these traits in check the next time you find yourself in a horror film scenario: curiosity—the genre’s original sin—and dissatisfaction, its slipperier cousin.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025

The iPhone SE is slightly taller, wider, and heavier than the Mini — not to mention slipperier with its rounded corners.

From The Verge • Sep. 8, 2022

Over time, shampoo, soap, conditioners and other products can build up and make the tub slipperier than it used to be.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2022

He struggled to find consistent velocity with his pitches and quality grip with the MLB baseball, which had smaller seams and a slipperier cover.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2021

Faster, slipperier, she was sliding through the woods and then down to the lakeshore.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich