slipperiness
Ice rink quality
Slipperiness is the quality of being difficult to grip or stand on—the slipperiness of wet tile, of ice, of an eel.
The word extends naturally to anything hard to pin down: the slipperiness of a politician's answers, the slipperiness of memory.
The slipperiness of the slope made climbing dangerous.
Thick wet gunk
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
- seaweedSaltwater aquatic plants
- eelElongated scaleless fish
fish · wet · soapy · oily · greasy · mossy · slimy · mucilaginous
Slippery viscous fluid
- greaseThick oily lubricant
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
- viscosityFluid's flow resistance
- WD-40Multi-use lubricant spray
silicone · teflon · graphite · petroleum · wax · non-stick · hydrophobic · coating
Tendency to avoid directness
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- slynessCunning in manner
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
deception · elusiveness · duplicity · craftiness · manipulation · underhandedness · wriggling · dodginess
Source of potential harm
- riskPossibility of harm
- fallDescend under gravity
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
treacherous · precarious · peril · unsafe · instability · skid · tumble · spill
slime
Thick wet gunk
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
- seaweedSaltwater aquatic plants
eel · fish · wet · soapy · oily · greasy · mossy · slimy · mucilaginous · gelatinous
oil
Slippery viscous fluid
WD-40 · silicone · teflon · graphite · petroleum · wax · non-stick · hydrophobic · coating · oleaginous
evasiveness
Tendency to avoid directness
trickery · deception · elusiveness · duplicity · craftiness · manipulation · underhandedness · wriggling · dodginess · untrustworthiness
hazard
Source of potential harm
injury · treacherous · precarious · peril · unsafe · instability · skid · tumble · spill · caution
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
sleet · freezing · glacial · rink · thaw · melt · winter · cold · verglas
friction
Resistance between touching surfaces
- gripSecure manual hold
- coefficientNumber multiplying a variable
- adhesionState of clinging fast
resistance · surface · texture · tread · rubber · braking · foothold · purchase · cleats · sole
- touchtouch, feel, touching, caress, feeling
- frictionfriction, rubbing, abrading, friction burn, rolling friction
- propertiessize, shape, color, height, width
- touch sensationstouch, roughness, smoothness, softness, hardness
- fatty texturesoiliness, greasiness, butteriness, unctuousness
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
slipperinessroughness
Uneven surface quality
tackiness · friction · grip · coarseness · grippiness
slipperinesshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
trustworthiness · straightforwardness · forthrightness · truthfulness · candor
slipperinesssafety
Freedom from harm
safeness · stability · secureness · sure-footedness · steadiness
slip, slippery, slipping, slips, slipped, slickness, slipstream, slipperier, slipcover