GLIDED Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

glided

verb

past tense of glide

as in flowed

to move or proceed smoothly and readily looking for a college course that he could just glide through

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as in flew

to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings a kite gliding on the autumn breeze

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as in hovered

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air water striders gliding along the surface of the brook

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Recent Examples of glided Jones, in the first major race of his political career, faces a staunch challenge in Thompson, who has held the seat for 30 years and glided into the general election with almost 41% of the vote. — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026 Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 An endless procession of black SUVs, Escalades, luxury coaches, polished muscle cars and Uber Blacks glided onto West 31st Street. — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Throughout his rise to become the voice of Britain’s populist hard-right, architect of Brexit and chief anti-immigrant activist, any accusations of wrongdoing have largely glided off him. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 The particles glided past each other effortlessly. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026 Up close, the design boasted a ruffled accent along the neckline that added movement to the gown as Saldaña glided around the room. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 20 June 2026 Brent glided us toward the ramp. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026 For nearly 25 years, GoPro cameras have gone underwater, glided with parachutes and slipped down ski slopes, enabling the adventurous to record images of their experiences. — CBS News, 11 June 2026

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And the quadrangular system of roads — state, county and township — and all that flowed from them are a historic institutional achievement that drove broader economic and social development.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
In all the time since, the water flowed through that line under the many incarnations of the Sunset Strip, feeding smaller pipes that quenched a growing metropolis that expanded from about 500,000 people to 4 million.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of flowed

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His long-term future surely hovered as another complicating factor.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026

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The ship is regularly sailed and rowed, and on select outings visitors can even take an oar themselves—making Tønsberg one of the few places where World Cup fans can find out just how much harder the real thing is than the stadium version.

— Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 July 2026

Definition of sailed

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Young orcas then gobbled up fish fragments that drifted through the water as their elders tore into what was left of the sunfish’s corpse.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Gorillas gathered by the gate to their den, and African elephants drifted toward their barn.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

Definition of drifted

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However, Newcastle have been looking at alternatives, and Parma’s Zion Suzuki, the 23-year-old Japan international, has featured during internal discussions, while Brighton’s 25-year-old goalkeeper Carl Rushworth has also been floated.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
The team floated the idea to Nestlé’s global KitKat brand group, then gave its agency partner, VML, 24 hours to return with a concept.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of floated

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By contrast, jobs for education majors and those in the health professions slid 16%.

— Courtney Connley-Hampton, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
The same will be true for Wallace, who slid onto all-defense this past season, and for McCain, who fit in seamlessly after arriving in Oklahoma.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of slid

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Shell’s latest quarterly profits soared to their second-highest levels in the company’s history as the US-Iran war caused a surge in global oil prices.

— Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Fortinet — The cybersecurity stock soared 12% as strong second-quarter billings helped the company to outpace analyst estimates.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 30 July 2026

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