sleek

/slik/

/slik/

Other forms: sleeker; sleeked; sleekest; sleeking; sleeks

If your hair is sleek, it is smooth and glossy. If your car is sleek, it's shiny and looks like it goes fast. Sleek always means smooth, glossy, and streamlined.

Sleek is a variant of the word, slick. When you slick back your hair with grease, it becomes sleek. Cats are often called sleek with their silky coats and lithe movements. A dress could be described as sleek, if it fits tightly to your body and makes you look polished and perfectly fit. When something is sleek, it's aerodynamic.

Definitions of sleek

1. adjective

   having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
   “sleek black fur”

   synonyms: satiny, silken, silklike, silky, slick

   bright

   emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
2. adjective

   well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed
   “sleek figures in expensive clothes”

   synonyms:

   groomed

   neat and smart in appearance; well cared for
3. adjective

   designed to offer the least resistance while moving through air or liquid
   synonyms: aerodynamic, flowing, streamlined

   smooth

   having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
4. verb

   make slick or smooth
   synonyms: slick

   type of:

   polish, shine, smooth, smoothen

   make (a surface) shine