Hypernyms for "slicker"
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betrayer
bluffer
charlatan
chiseler
chiseller
city boy
city slicker
counterfeiter
decoy
defalcator
defrauder
dissembler
dissimulator
dodger
double-crosser
double-dealer
embezzler
fake
faker
falsifier
figurehead
finagler
forger
fortune hunter
four-flusher
fox
fraud
front
front man
gouger
grifter
hypocrite
imitator
impersonator
imposter
impostor
liar
misleader
mountebank
nominal head
obscurantist
peculator
phoney
phony
pretender
prevaricator
pseud
pseudo
role player
sandbagger
scammer
sham
shammer
slyboots
steerer
straw man
strawman
swindler
traitor
two-timer
utterer
wangler
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.