sleek

1. 1.

   make slick or smooth

   Synonymsslick

   Broaderpolish

Other forms of sleek

past tense

sleeked·

present participle

sleeking·

third person

sleeks·

comparative

sleeker·

superlative

sleekest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sleek

What does sleek mean?

sleek means "well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sleek?

sleek has 1 syllable: sleek. In IPA it is /ˈslik/.

What is another word for sleek?

Close synonyms include streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, satiny, silken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sleek a common word?

sleek is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.