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slide

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of slide

1 to move about in a sly or secret manner

slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing

Synonyms of slide

lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, skulk, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal

Words Related to slide

crawl, creep, edge, inch, worm

ghost, pad, tiptoe

2 to move or proceed smoothly and readily

at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple

Synonyms of slide

bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, glide, roll, sail, skim, slip, stream, sweep, whisk

Words Related to slide

fly, race, rush, speed

Near Antonyms of slide

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

Antonyms of slide

flounder, struggle

3 to move slowly with the body close to the ground

the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork

Synonyms of slide

belly, crawl, creep, grovel, slither, snake, worm, wriggle

Words Related to slide

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe

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