- Types Of Speech
- You can use slippery as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Slippery
- A 3 syllables article and 8 letters with the letters e, i, l, p, r, s, and y, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters pp. Slippery starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sl, sli, slip, slipp, and the ending characters are y, ry, ery, pery, ppery, . Slippery is also a double consonant (pp) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Being such as to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
- School Grade
- Slippery is set as a grade six word that starts with s, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Slippery in Pig Latin is said as "ipperyslay or ipperyslway".
- Unigram
- s | l | i | p | p | e | r | y
- Bigram
- sl | li | ip | pp | pe | er | ry
- Trigram
- sli | lip | ipp | ppe | per | ery
- Quadrigram
- slip | lipp | ippe | pper | pery
- Word Gram
- Article Examples
- being such as to cause things to slip or slide;
"slippery sidewalks";
"a slippery bar of soap";
"the streets are still slippy from the rain"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- not to be trusted;
"how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee;
"they called Reagan the teflon president because mud never stuck to him"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
| Acute Accent | |
| Adipose | composed of animal fat "adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat" |
| Ague | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
| Ambidextrous | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill "a double-dealing double agent" "a double-faced infernal traitor and |
| Amoral | without moral standards or principles "a completely amoral person" |
| Ample | affording an abundant supply "had ample food for the party" "copious provisions" "food is plentiful" "a plenteous grape harvest" "a rich supply" |
| Arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
| Artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft "the artful dodger" "an artful choice of metaphors" |
| Astute | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence "a smart businessman" "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease" "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Slippery
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonslippery | not slippery not likely to slip or skid |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Slippery | being such as to cause things to slip or slide "slippery sidewalks" "a slippery bar of soap" "the streets are still slippy from the rain" |
View English words with the unique letters used in slippery. Words With The Letters Eilprsy
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lubricious | characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man" |
| Nonstick | (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles; "a frying pan with a nonstick surface" |
| Slick | a trowel used to make a surface slick |
| Sliding | being a smooth continuous motion |
| Slimed | covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks" |
| Slimy | covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks" |
| Slipping | moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice" |
| Slithering | moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice" |
| Slithery | having a slippery surface or quality ; "slithery mud"; "slithery eels" |
| See Also | Definition |
|---|---|
| Smooth | the act of smoothing; "he gave his hair a quick smooth" |
Slippery Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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