slickster
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈslɪkstər/
- Offensive
- She became the office slickster, always finding clever ways to avoid hard work and still get ahead.
Examples
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After pulling a fast one on his friends, everyone started calling him a slickster who could charm his way out of trouble.
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The kid was one of Rita's students, a slickster who signed his papers "Belly Man" and who had to be reminded to remove his hat in class.
Fiction book (1998) -
This doctor understands his patient's fear but responds with half-truths, thus earning him the title of Slickster.
Academic text (2014) -
With Froggy Doo gone, the slicksters at the network, they're going to be all over us.
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Those physicians who do appear may be broadly grouped into three categories: shadow, slickster, or soothsayer, arranged in increasing order of the humanity they reveal.
Academic text (2014) -
The doctors of Dragland and Page undercut the image of the selfless physician of yore; these doctors are Slicksters in that they are protective of their time and concerned with the bottom line.
Academic text (2014) -
The politician was known as a slickster for his smooth talk and clever manipulation of the truth.
Synonyms
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7.9
A person who is sneaky and dishonest, often trying to trick others
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7.6
A person who is clever and often dishonest or tricky
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7.6
A person who works hard and uses clever or dishonest ways to succeed
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6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
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9.9
A person, often a lawyer or politician, who acts dishonestly to get what they want
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7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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8.1
A person who pretends to be friendly but secretly harms or tricks you
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7.0
A person who pretends to have skills or knowledge they do not have
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8.0
A person who makes deals using clever or dishonest methods
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9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
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7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
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6.1
A person who is clever and uses tricks to get what they want
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9.9
A person who tricks others using clever, dishonest methods to get what they want
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7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
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8.9
A person who secretly plans to trick others for personal gain
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
A friendly-looking person who secretly tricks others to gain power
A person who uses clever and sometimes unfair plans to get an advantage in politics or business
A rude word people use to praise someone very clever and tricky
Antonyms
How Deceitful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slickster comes from slick ('smooth' or 'clever') plus the person ending -ster (as in gangster). Think of someone who is 'smooth' with words and uses that to trick people — that's why a slickster is a person who is clever in a sneaky or dishonest way.