SLIPPED Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words

slipped

verb

past tense of slip

as in fell

to decline gradually from a standard level the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over

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as in stumbled

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily be careful not to slip on the spilled oil

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as in infiltrated

to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way casually slipped it into the conversation

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as in sneaked

to move about in a sly or secret manner slipped behind the cover of the trees

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as in flowed

to move or proceed smoothly and readily jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel

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as in shed

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones

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Recent Examples of slipped Amanda Peet did all of that too, starting in her late 30s because of dense breast tissue and prior benign lumps, and her stage 1 invasive lobular carcinoma still slipped past her first scan. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 These were aspirationally scheduled for no earlier than mid and late October, respectively, but have now apparently slipped to mid-to-late November (though there has been no public confirmation of any firm target date). — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Not surprisingly, technical running footwear continued to grow even as more casual styles slipped. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Matthews slipped into the end zone and was wide open, and Penix lofted a pass that forced Matthews to jump. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 In Wicker, Skarsgård slipped into a much more textured material to play the Wicker Husband of a reclusive spinster Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman), who commissioned a Basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave together her fantasy man. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026 His penchant for the audacious was on display in 2024 when Puigdemont suddenly appeared in Barcelona, gave a public speech and slipped through the police’s grip. — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 His yards per attempt and passer rating have fallen, too, and his regular-season touchdown-to-interception ratio has also slipped, from 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions as a rookie to 30 touchdowns and 14 interceptions since the start of 2025. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 His National Film Board of Canada film goes beyond numbers to humanize the Iranian-Canadian victims of Flight PS752 who have long slipped from news headlines, even as their families continue an uphill battle to hold Iran accountable. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fell

Verb

Drew Rasmussen squandered a two-run lead on the mound, Tampa Bay's bullpen let the game get away and the Rays stumbled to a 7-3 loss against the Cleveland Guardians in their American League Championship Series opener Monday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Kore-eda stumbled on the manga in a bookshop rather than through its serial run.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of stumbled

Verb

Its early productions infiltrated participants’ lives through phone calls, texts and emails.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Last year, detectives infiltrated a private WhatsApp group used to advertise and sell large quantities of drugs, police said.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of infiltrated

Verb

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
Kraft also took a direct snap and sneaked for a first down on another fourth-and-1 at the Buccaneers 10.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of sneaked

Verb

But that night, as the drinks flowed, Pattinson couldn’t help but riff on what an actor might do with the character.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
The money allegedly flowed through a web of companies and bank accounts in Antigua, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and elsewhere.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of flowed

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Against that backdrop, the royal visit signals that Spain is shedding its longstanding reluctance to send its monarchs to the exclaves, Amirah-Fernández said.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Nagy continued working as an artist in the years afterward, eventually shedding his austere black-and-white collage aesthetic to make colorful paintings and installations in the ’90s.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of shed

Verb

In the grayness that should have been sunrise that morning, dark clouds sagged baggily over the very treetops, bulging as if ready to split under their liquid weight.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Somehow, however, that team, which sagged to 0-7, won five of its last nine games and finished 5-11.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sagged

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Up until tonight, Raman has done a good job of communicating a message of hope and change, while Bass, as the incumbent, has repeatedly tripped on her record over the biblically bad four years of her first term.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The truest sign that Joseph had tripped the Rams up with Hufanga’s blitz came by looking at Rams right guard Kevin Dotson.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026