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Showing words for SLIPPERY using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Slippery

slippery

7 Letter Words for Slippery

lippers, piperly, ripples, slipper, yippers

6 Letter Words for Slippery

lipper, lisper, perils, pilers, pipers, pipery, pliers, plyers, ripely, ripple, ripply, sipper, sipple, sirple, slippy, spiler, yipper

5 Letter Words for Slippery

epris, leirs, leppy, lepry, lerps, lesiy, liers, lippy, lipse, lyres, pepsi, peril, peris, perps, piers, piler, piles, piper, pipes, pipey, pirls, pleis, plier, plies, plyer, preps, preys, pries, pryse, pyres, reply, repps, riels, riles, riley, ripes, ripps, siler, siper, sippy, slier, slipe, slype, speil, speir, spiel, spier, spile, spire, spiry, spyer, yelps, yipes, ypres

4 Letter Words for Slippery

eiry, epil, eris, espy, ipse, ires, irpe, isle, leir, leis, leps, lerp, leys, lier, lies, lipe, lips, lire, lisp, lyes, lyre, lyse, peps, peri, perp, pers, pier, pies, pile, pily, pipe, pips, pipy, pirl, pirs, pise, plie, prep, pres, prey, prie, prys, pyes, pyre, rely, repl, repp, reps, resp, riel, ries, rile, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, ryes, rype, seil, seir, sier, sile, sipe, sire, sley, slip, spie, spry, syli, sype, syre, yelp, yeps, yipe, yips

3 Letter Words for Slippery

eir, eli, els, epi, ers, esp, esr, eyl, eyr, ile, ipl, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isl, lei, lep, ler, les, ley, lie, lip, lir, lis, lye, lys, pel, pep, per, pes, pie, pil, pip, pir, pis, pli, ply, ppi, ppl, ppr, pps, pre, prp, prs, pry, psi, pye, pyr, rei, rel, rep, res, rie, rip, rle, rly, rps, rye, sei, sel, sep, ser, sey, sie, sil, sip, sir, sle, sly, spl, spp, spy, sri, sye, syl, syr, yep, yer, yes, yip, yis, yrs

Definitions for Slippery

[1] tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
[2] tending to slip from the hold or grasp or from position: a slippery rope.
[3] likely to slip away or escape: slippery prospects.
[4] not to be depended on; fickle; shifty, tricky, or deceitful.
[5] unstable or insecure, as conditions: a slippery situation.
[6] causing or tending to cause objects to slip a slippery road
[7] liable to slip from the grasp, a position, etc
[8] not to be relied upon; cunning and untrustworthy a slippery character
[9] (esp of a situation) liable to change; unstable
[10] slippery slope a course of action that will lead to disaster or failure

Words related to Slippery

silky, polished, unsafe, icy, unstable, wet, glistening, perilous, greasy, tricky, elusive, treacherous, smooth, slick, unpredictable, shifty, glassy, glazed, lustrous, satiny

Words nearby Slippery

slipper foot, slipper satin, slipper sock, slipperette, slipperwort, slippery, slippery as an eel, slippery dick, slippery dip, slippery elm, slippery slope

Origin of Slippery

1525–35; alteration of slipper2; compare Low German slipperig; see -y1

Other words from Slippery

slip·per·i·ness , noun
non·slip·per·y , adjective
un·slip·per·y , adjective

Word origin for Slippery

C16: probably coined by Coverdale to translate German schlipfferig in Luther's Bible (Psalm 35:6); related to Old English slipor slippery

Synonyms for Slippery

glistening, greasy, icy, perilous, polished, silky, unsafe, unstable, wet, glacé, glassy, glazed, like a skating rink, lubricious, lustrous, satiny, sleek, slimy, soapy, unctuous, unsteady, waxy