sleek
Smooth, shiny and well cared for.
sleek in a sentence
- The otter's sleek fur glistened as it slipped through the water.
- The new racing car looked sleek and shiny, polished until it gleamed like glass.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to sleek?
- Adull
- Bscruffy
- Csmooth
- Drough
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C: smooth. The other three mean the opposite of sleek.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to sleek?
- Aglossy
- Bscruffy
- Cshiny
- Dsmooth
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B: scruffy. The other three mean nearly the same as sleek.
Words that mean something similar
smooth, shiny, glossy
Words that mean the opposite
scruffy, rough, dull
More words about appearance & looks
- splendid: Extremely good or beautiful to look at.
- stately: Grand, dignified and impressive.
- stout: Rather fat and solid, or strong and thick.
- sturdy: Strong and solidly built, not easily broken.
- superb: Extremely good; among the very best.
- tarnish: To make something less shiny or spoil how good it seems.
- tattered: Torn, ragged and falling apart.
- taut: Stretched tight with no slack.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test