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slide

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of slide

1 to move about in a sly or secret manner
  • Ted slid gently into his seat without anyone else in the meeting noticing.
Synonyms of slide

lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, skulk, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal
Words Related to slide

crawl, creep, inch, worm

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

labor, toil
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

crouch, squat

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe

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