Synonyms of slides

slides 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of slide

1

as in sneaks

to move about in a sly or secret manner

slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sneaks
• lurks
• slips
• crawls
• steals
• snakes
• slinks
• skulks
• shirks
• tiptoes
• inches
• mouses
• pussyfoots
• edges
• creeps
• mooches
• worms
• pads
• ghosts

2

as in flows

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flows
• glides
• cruises
• slips
• drifts
• sails
• brushes
• streams
• rolls
• bowls
• sweeps
• races
• flies
• speeds
• rushes
• coasts
• whisks
• breezes
• skims

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggles
• stumbles
• flounders
• shuffles
• trudges
• limps
• stamps
• plods
• lumbers
• stumps
• stomps
• labors
• tramps
• toils
• shambles

3

as in crawls

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawls
• snakes
• creeps
• slithers
• worms
• wriggles
• sneaks
• crouches
• bellies
• inches
• grovels
• squats
• edges
• tiptoes
• steals
• noses
• skulks

slides

2 of 2

noun

plural of slide

as in landslides

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.

Related Words

• landslides
• floods
• avalanches
• torrents
• washouts
• mudslides
• surges
• bursts
• rivers
• snowslides
• flood tides
• overflows
• gushes
• outflows
• tides
• flushes
• streams
• baths
• cataracts
• inundations
• outpourings
• currents
• outbursts
• deluges
• discharges
• engulfments
• cascades
• Niagaras
• inflows
• waterfalls
• cataclysms
• spates
• fluxes
• influxes
• alluvions
• blizzards

Dissimilar Words

• drips
• trickles
• dribbles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slides

Verb

If Hubbard is active and Brooks doesn’t sound 100%, Brooks likely slides down to C-Tier. — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

When Molly pushes the bell, the housekeeper, Gregoria, slides open a panel about six inches high in the door. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

The former Syracuse standout, who starred during the preseason, immediately slides in as Malik Willis’ backup. — Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

These breezy, versatile pants can be dressed up with a boatneck top and heeled sandals or paired with a button-down shirt and slides for a more relaxed look. — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2026

During an El Niño, those winds slacken, and the warm water slides eastward, leading to waters becoming generally one to two degrees Celsius above normal in the area around the Galápagos. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

During a lunar eclipse, the Earth slides between the Sun and the Moon, casting a giant shadow over the lunar surface. — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

The absorbent cork protects your surfaces and satisfyingly slides down the table when someone needs a reminder. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026

Standing in the shadow of the Moon is one of the rarest opportunities to directly sense the mechanics of our Solar System, when the dance between three celestial bodies slides into perfect alignment. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026

Noun

Within footwear alone, pumps, slides, sandals, slingbacks and more have all gotten the pierced treatment. — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Some express a pained desire for the return of the PowerPoint slides. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Isar’s Spectrum slides in below the performance envelope of the Vega-C rocket from Italy’s Avio. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026

City chic couples clad in James Perse T-shirts and Tkees slides, golfers donning Titleist visors, business execs, and island-hopping world travelers can be spotted here. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026

Koma then shared two slides of Duff’s Lizzie McGuire wearing a similar space bun hairstyle while appearing in the hit Disney show. — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

But doctors noticed an uptick in a condition called intussusception in which one bit of intestine slides inside another, like the segments of a pirate’s telescope. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026

An executive questioned whether seven slides sufficiently demonstrated all our work. — Mustafa Shreet, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

At one point, Musashi slips on mud and slides headfirst through a crowd of Samurai. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026