sleek lines

Smooth, flowing curves

Sleek lines are the smooth, flowing contours of a designed object—typically a car, boat, or building—that suggest speed, elegance, or modernity.

The phrase implies an absence of bulk or unnecessary angles: The sports car's sleek lines cut through the air.

Sleek lines became a hallmark of mid-century modernism and remain central to automotive and industrial design.

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curvilinear · elegant · minimalist · fluid · body sculpting · slender · knife edge · tapered · rakish · jet age · flowing · smooth · seamless · fastback · speed demon · silhouette · precision · luxury

Categories
Opposites
geometric form

sleek linesangular design

Aesthetic emphasizing sharp corners

sharp angles · hard edges · jagged lines · zigzag pattern

aesthetic refinement

sleek linesrough edges

Unfinished imperfections needing polish

crude form · industrial aesthetic · utilitarian design

Family

line, lines, sleek

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G