SLIDE Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈslīd

Definition of slide

as in to sneak

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 to flow

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 to crawl

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

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slide

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noun

as in flood

a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place The slide caused by the storm made the road impassable.

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Recent Examples of slide

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Amid a sliding stock price and slowing engagement growth, Ted Sarandos has made a change, replacing Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria, a 10-year Netflix veteran, with Peter Rice. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 The Dallas Cowboys tight end slid into the former college athlete and influencer's DMs with a line that ended up working and anyone can use. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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The aircraft also got a 'slide and lock' system that allowed for quickly swapping out batteries during pitstops on the ground. — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026 Gamers, creators, developers, and AI power users each got their own dedicated slide deck to explain the chip’s benefits. — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slide

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It was announced on Saturday that Judkins and QB Deshaun Watson had been fined a cool $14,397, while guard Austin Barber, who also snuck a hit off of the invisible blunt, had to pony up $6,944.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Miami rebounded by winning its final four games to sneak into the 12-team playoff field before making a run all the way to the CFP National Championship Game.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of sneak

Verb

The question confronting Israel and its international partners is not simply whether money should flow into Gaza, but also who controls it—and whether the next arrangement will avoid the failures of the last.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
The program could also be targeted rather than universal — triggered by sector-specific unemployment spikes, income level, or geography, so the money flows first to the workers AI disrupts most.

— Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of flow

Verb

In May 2025, after Williams shut off the water in a cell, 10 inmates removed a toilet, crawled through a gap in the wall and scaled a fence out of the jail.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
At the hospital, an insect fell from the girl’s shoe, and a staffer saw a cockroach crawling on her, the district attorney’s office said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of crawl

Noun

The weather service issued flood watches through Monday afternoon for a large swath of Utah, southeast Idaho, and northern and central Arizona, including the Grand Canyon.

— JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Those EVs will have to compete not only with longtime sales leader Tesla, but also with the flood of Chinese EVs that, sooner or later, will land in the US.

— John Voelcker, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of flood

Verb

But a few months later, at her 18-month appointment, the standard graph that plotted a child’s weight against their age showed her weight slipping off the curve.

— Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
The United States is currently managing to get significant amounts of crude oil (if not refined product) through the strait, but only by providing costly military protection to tankers that slip past Iran’s guns with their transponders off.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of slip

Noun

The additional heavy rain will increase the risk of landslides and debris flows, especially in areas where landslides have occurred in the past.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
The dam formed by the landslide breached, triggering the flood.

— Binaj Gurubacharya, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of landslide

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