SLIME Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

slime

noun

ˈslīm

Definition of slime next

as in mud

soft wet earth she picked her steps carefully so as not to get any slime on her new shoes

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Relevance

as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others that guy's a real slime, so avoid him at all costs

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in creep

a person of low moral character he's the kind of slime that TV reality shows love to cast as a villain

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slime The ice deflector inside the machine had slime accumulation. —

Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado february 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026 The slimes are also changed regularly, Robinovitz said. —

Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026 There might as well have been slime falling from the clouds for the amount of panic and closures. —

Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026 Although the Nickelodeon characters won't be commentating this year, another network will carry the big game – minus the slime. —

Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slime

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slime

Noun

Other highlights include a wellness area with a sauna and gym, a diving room, a mud room, and a sprawling beach club of nearly 2,200 square feet.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
Korea, in particular, lived in the American imagination mostly as grainy Movietone war footage—mud, sandbags, Marines—certainly not as a place that might produce a hit record, starlets, or anything resembling glamour.

— Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026