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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Cartagena’s Alquímico and Bangkok’s Bar Us slid in at the third and fourth spots, respectively, and Athens’s Line rounded out the top five. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026 Word spread quickly, and soon a throng of smartphone-wielding citizens had surrounded the immigration enforcement van, which couldn’t move because one enterprising, early-arriving activist had slid underneath it. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Noun

Kids can spend hours at the Nalu pool deck with its super-long water slide and toddler-friendly features; adults can escape to the Serenity pool. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The slide deck, posted on Monday, opened with a mirror selfie that showed Eilish with a caramel-ginger cut. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slide

Recent Examples of Synonyms 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

Despite steady attacks from Iran, oil tankers and other commercial vessels have continued flowing through the narrow waterway.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Charles Jencks, the late American cultural theorist and a famously exacting critic, saw in its flowing forms both sensuality and an important new direction for architecture.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of flow

Verb

Researchers have developed a paper-thin foot membrane that lets crawling microrobots harvest electricity directly from the ground beneath them, ditching heavy onboard batteries by turning metal and silicon surfaces into an active power source.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
In real-world tests, the hand crawled across 14 different surfaces including smooth floors, metal grates, grass, and gravel.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 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

Verb

His camera glides around rooms and pans at opportune moments to maximize the power of offscreen space.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Arrive to the hotel by boat from the train station or airport and glide up an empty canal to the water entrance where a grand, rosy Gothic building rises out of the water.

— Mary Holland, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of glide

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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