SLIPPED Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words

slipped

verb

past tense of slip

as in fell

to decline gradually from a standard level the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over

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as in stumbled

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily be careful not to slip on the spilled oil

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as in infiltrated

to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way casually slipped it into the conversation

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as in sneaked

to move about in a sly or secret manner slipped behind the cover of the trees

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as in flowed

to move or proceed smoothly and readily jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel

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as in shed

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones

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Recent Examples of slipped But their 20th shot counted when Foligno – playing in his first game back after missing 14 of the previous 16 games – slipped a low shot past the goalie after linemate Yakov Trenin had fought off a challenge from a Florida defender to get Foligno the puck. —

Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026 Google parent Alphabet fell nearly 9% and Microsoft sank almost 7% this week, while Nvidia and Amazon slipped about 3% each. —

Ari Levy, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026 That pressure included warnings of collective action if standards slipped. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026 Others shared that their grades had slipped, and several have sought therapy to process the experience. —

Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026 Mortgage rates slipped below 6% for the first time in more than three years — a key threshold many economists believed could lure buyers and sellers back into the market. —

Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 David Pastrnak gained the zone and slipped a pass over to Zacha, who zipped a wrist shot through Luukkonen’s pads for the GWG, his 24th goal of the season. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 Frustration slipped into resignation. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 No outside agencies or businesses will be able to directly hire off-duty police officers through the scheduling platform RollKall after police say a man impersonating law enforcement and killed by SWAT officers earlier this month slipped through the cracks. —

Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026

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With a hollow interior trunk, Stumpy was among 158 trees felled in 2024 as part of a project aimed at shoring up a sea wall near the National Mall.

— Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
And to be sure, there were winds and rain strong enough to fell several trees, flood a few roads, and knock out power in some Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026