slideshow

noun

slide·​show ˈslīd-ˌshō 

variants or slide show

plural slideshows or slide shows

1

: a presentation of photographic slides (see slide entry 2 sense 5b) projected on a surface or displayed on a screen one after another

She projected a slideshow from her mother's archive against a muslin sheet that she also drew on, putting a layered landscape in the top left corner, and then she hung a painting her mother never finished in the walk-in closet.

—Catherine Wagley

Seniors were all gathered in the auxiliary gym for lunch, where a dozen or so giant sandwiches from Subway were laid out for them along with cake as they watched a slideshow of their classmates' pictures from when they were toddlers.

—Sam Craig

2

: a collection of electronic images (as on a website) presented to be viewed one after another

Click through the attached slideshow for more information on the 15+ small businesses that will be part of the Sherman Phoenix.

—The Milwaukee Business Journal

Examples of slideshow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Midway through the slideshow, the couple could be seen posing together at the top of New York City’s iconic Empire State Building, with Boston flaunting her new engagement ring. —Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025

My old monitor made gaming feel like a slideshow presentation. —PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025

In other images that Trudeau included in his slideshow, he and Hadrien were seen crafting the surfboard together. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025

The post, which features a slideshow of photos throughout Athena’s health problems, has gone viral with over 621,400 views and more than 32,400 likes on TikTok at the time of writing. has contacted @midwestshepsky via Instagram for comment. —Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for slideshow

• afterglow
• akimbo
• albino
• aliquot
• allegro
• amigo
• apropos
• audio
• bungalow
• calico
• calypso
• cameo