SLID Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

slid

verb

past tense of slide

as in sneaked

to move about in a sly or secret manner slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing

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as in flowed

to move or proceed smoothly and readily at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple

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as in crept

to move slowly with the body close to the ground the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork

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Recent Examples of slid Homebuyer affordability slid in June for the fifth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors' latest housing affordability index. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 17 July 2026 Cargo space measures 56 cubic feet behind the second row and expands to a healthy 112 cubic feet (3,171 L) with the seats folded and slid forward. — ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026 The relay throw home got away from Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman, and Steer slid in to score. — ABC News, 17 July 2026 Given Conley’s age and Rob Dillingham’s ineffectiveness at the start of last season, the Wolves slid Edwards into the point guard spot by default. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 15 July 2026 While the suspect, identified by police as Torrance Whitaker, was fleeing from the car and making a run for it, the DoorDash driver slid off the hood and picked up the order which had landed in the street in front of the car. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 Max Homa, who arrived with momentum after a runner-up finish at the John Deere Classic and opened with a 67, slid down the leaderboard after a clunky second round. — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Seigler slid headfirst into home and collided with Teel, who had dropped onto a knee slide of his own. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026 Tatis slid safely into the bag, and the relay to first base was not in time to get Merrill. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

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Since 2017, Hebden has built up a tidy discography of sub rosa loosies and EPs under the alias, and even snuck out an ultra-limited vinyl anthology of them in 2021; some of those tracks first surfaced on the Four Tet album Parallel, in 2020.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
On Thursday, a man named Andrew Truelove allegedly snuck past a security guard on the Today show set and made his way toward the co-hosts in search of Today’s Al Roker, who was not on-screen at the time.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026

Definition of sneaked

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Grubbs grew up in a northwest suburb called Marietta, before the sprawl of Atlanta crept in.

— Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Indiana had crept back within striking distance early in the third quarter, and Gainbridge was rocking, sensing a signature Fever win in the making.

— Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of crept

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The stock has fallen about 20% in July and briefly slipped below its $135 IPO price on Wednesday for the first time.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 July 2026
And little by little, Venezuela slipped off the front pages — even though, for millions of people, the work of rebuilding is just getting started.

— Cristina Guevara, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

Definition of slipped

Verb

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, 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

Definition of glided

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Hull testified that Robinson later returned in different clothing, walking with a limp, rolled onto the roof of a building on campus and crawled to the edge of the rooftop around the time the shot was fired.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of crawled

Verb

In the days before his Ford Bronco drifted into the path of an oncoming semi-truck, Matt Miller was settling debts.

— Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Microsoft tied itself tightly to OpenAI through a series of investments, but the two companies drifted and became competing with each other after the abrupt 2023 ousting and reinstatement of OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, with little notice to Nadella.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 July 2026

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