Qualities
Synonyms for slippery
The synonym for slippery recorded in this bank is tricky, in the sense "not to be trusted". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for slippery
- trickyadjective, in the sense "not to be trusted"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day slippery is audited in a second meaning.
not to be trusted
He is a slippery character in every business deal.
The true synonym
tricky
Same sentence, swapped: He is a tricky character in every business deal.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- fatty
- insecure
- unstable
Where slippery turns up in the game
slippery is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where slippery is the trap
Play slippery
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so slippery reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company slippery keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
slippery is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.