Word Meanings - SLEEK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

to Icel. slikr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. 1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer. So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden. 2. Not rough or harsh. Those rugged names

Additional info about word: SLEEK

to Icel. slikr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. 1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer. So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden. 2. Not rough or harsh. Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek. Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SLEEK)

• Glabrous
• Smooth
• polished
• bald
• shiny
• sleek
• glacial
• glassy
• Even
• plain
• level
• flat
• glossy
• soft
• unruffled
• unobstructed
• bland
• oily
• suave
• Soft
• Yielding
• pressible
• impressible
• smooth
• delicate
• fine
• mild
• gentle
• balmy
• kind
• feeling
• flexible
• effeminate
• luxurious
• unmanly
• tender
• irresolute
• undecided

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SLEEK)

• Roughen
• furrow
• disequalize
• graduate
• Withhold
• withdraw
• retain
• appropriate

Related words: (words related to SLEEK)

• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• TENDER
  A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes
• APPROPRIATENESS
  The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
• BLANDLY
  In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• BLANDNESS
  The state or quality of being bland.
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• GLACIALIST
  One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.
• PLAINTIVE
  1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
• TENDERLY
  In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer.
• POLISHMENT
  The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
• TENDERNESS
  The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). Syn. -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.
• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• FEELINGLY
  In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically.
• LEVELER
  1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.
• LEVEL
  libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
• YIELDABLE
  Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• LUXURIOUS
  Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease. " Luxurious cities. " Milton. -- Lux*u"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lux*u"ri*ous*ness, n.
• BALMY
  1. Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild. "The balmy breeze." Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! Young. 2. Producing balm. "The balmy tree." Pope. Syn. -- Fragrant;
• PLAINTIFF
  One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See
• SEA LEVEL
  The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
• REPOLISH
  To polish again.
• INCOMPRESSIBLE
  Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.