slip

²slip

noun

Definition of SLIP

1

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy <a careless slip of the tongue>

Synonyms blunder, bobble, boob [British], boo-boo, brick, clanger [British], clinker, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip

Related Words bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall; foul-up, snafu; misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness; inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

2

the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily <had a nasty slip on the ice>

Synonyms slip, spill, stumble, tumble

Related Words header, pratfall; misstep, trip; descent, dive, plunge, skid, slide; free-fall

3

the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement <gave her pursuers the slip>

Synonyms break, breakout, bunk [British], flight, getaway, lam, rout, slip

Related Words jailbreak; deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation; close call, close shave, near miss

Near Antonyms captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment; custody, detention, hold, holding, retention; endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble

4

a wrong judgment <that's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made>

Synonyms misapprehension, miscalculation, misjudging, misjudgment, misstep, slip, slipup

Related Words blunder, boner, boob [British], clinker, errancy, error, fault, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, stumble, trip; foul-up, muff; misstatement; misconception, misconstruction, misconstruing, misimpression, misinterpretation, misprision, misunderstanding