slicker

Other forms of slicker

plural

slickers·

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 slicker

What does slicker mean?

slicker means "a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slicker?

slicker has 2 syllables: slic-ker. The stress falls on "slic". In IPA it is /ˈslɪkɚ/.

What is another word for slicker?

Close synonyms include oilskin, deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster. 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 slicker a common word?

slicker 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.