SLIPPING Synonyms: 185 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in collapsing

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slipping

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verb

present participle of slip

as in falling

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 stumbling

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 infiltrating

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

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as in sneaking

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

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as in flowing

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

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as in shedding

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 slipping

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Vaccination rates have been slipping since the 2019–2020 school year, when the US had obtained rates of around 95 percent, the threshold needed to keep outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases from spreading in communities. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026 By the time a slipping receivable or a bloated inventory line shows up in that review, weeks of cash have already been lost. — Nick Chandi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Minor symptoms may be safe to monitor briefly, but slipping gears, loss of acceleration or difficulty staying in gear should be inspected right away. — Michael Kurko, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 That means no propping bare feet on the seat in front of you, stretching them into the aisle, or slipping them between the seats beside you. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2026 Johnson was elusive Saturday while slipping off multiple would-be tacklers — a quality the Chiefs’ backs lacked in 2025. — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Per their name, the straps on strappy sandals will prevent slipping and sliding out of your shoes, which, as someone who commutes and lives in NYC, is a non-negotiable. — Anna Traver, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026 Thanks to the rise of this offshore world in recent decades, tens of trillions of dollars have simply disappeared from ledgers around the globe, slipping into a world that is largely untouchable and untraceable. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Smith also seemed to be grappling with his own mortality, delivering several monologues throughout the night about growing older and time slipping by. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

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While pruning, remove any winter damage, along with dead and declining growths, to allow new shoots to reform the plant.

— Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
In order to reopen, counties must demonstrate declining prevalence of COVID-19, testing ability of 30 tests per 10,000 residents per week, contact tracing and isolation facilities.

— Fox News, Fox News, 15 May 2020

Definition of declining

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Peltz weighs deal for Wendy’s Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund is assembling a group that could bid to take Wendy’s private as the chain faces declining sales, falling traffic, and restaurant closures.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
The boring rosters, the passive-aggressive press conferences, the endless parade of mediocre seasons — cresting and falling with an inexplicable 2021 and 2026 — has been brutal to watch.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of falling

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Nothing that would actually stop a person, a child, a wheelchair or a stumbling drunk from going straight into the water.

— Joseph V. Sakran, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2026
Such a contrast to the wonderful Bootham Crescent, York’s home until 2020 and within stumbling distance of not only the famous Minster but all the city’s many other attractions.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of stumbling

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Dozens of pages of documents describe agents secretly infiltrating meetings, monitoring activist chat groups and using license plate numbers to compile names of people who attended gatherings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Hardware has been a tentacle of my personal style code since, infiltrating every part of my closet, home and life.

— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of infiltrating

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Pinch-hitter Eli White followed by sneaking a soft line drive up the middle to drive in Durbin, cutting the Giants’ lead to 2-1.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
While the hot-cold cycles didn’t completely erase the tension of being confined in a car with my kids, sneaking away to the adults-only mineral pools — one enriched with magnesium, another with potassium — was a nice reset.

— Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of sneaking

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Notwithstanding Tehran’s influence, as many as 15 million barrels of oil are flowing out the Gulf each day on average, including via the strait and through pipelines, according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
The floods also altered the course of the White River, which is now flowing into the Martin Marietta quarry at 96th Street and Gray Road, which can hold millions of gallons of water.

— John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of flowing

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Isla Fisher is shedding light on her life since separating from Sacha Baron Cohen.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Contributor Stewart Savin put this model to the test by cleaning up after her 60-pound German Shepherd rescue mix, whose shedding season is 365 days a year.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026