Qualities

Synonyms for slippery

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineQualities

not to be trusted

He is a slippery character in every business deal.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

tricky

Same sentence, swapped: He is a tricky character in every business deal.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for slippery as it is used in the sentence above.

fatty
insecure
unstable

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Closest first: other qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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