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slips

noun , plural of slip

Synonyms and Antonyms of slips

a long narrow piece of material
  • baskets woven from slips of wicker
Synonyms of slips

lists, ribbons, strips
Words Related to slips

slats

bands, bandages, belts, bindings, girths, straps, swatches, swaths (or swathes), tapes
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slips

noun , plural of slip

Synonyms and Antonyms of slips

1 an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
  • a careless slip of the tongue
Synonyms of slips

blunders, bobbles, boo-boos, boobs [British], bricks, clangers [British], clinkers, errors, faults, flubs, fluffs, fumbles, gaffs, gaffes, goofs, inaccuracies, lapses, miscues, missteps, mistakes, oversights, screwups, slipups, stumbles, trips
Words Related to slips

bloomers, bloopers, boners, howlers, pratfalls

foul-ups, snafus

misapprehensions, miscalculations, miscomprehensions, misconceptions, misconstructions, miscues, misdescriptions, misimpressions, misinterpretations, misjudgments, misreadings, misstatements, misunderstandings
Near Antonyms of slips

accuracies, exactitudes, precisions

inerrancies, infallibilities, perfections
2 the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
  • had a nasty slip on the ice
Synonyms of slips

falls, spills, stumbles, tumbles
Words Related to slips

headers, pratfalls

missteps, trips

descents, dives, plunges, skids, slides

free-falls
3 the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
  • gave her pursuers the slip
Synonyms of slips

breaks, breakouts, bunks [British], escapes, flights, getaways, lams, routs
Words Related to slips

jailbreaks

deliverances, liberations, redemptions, releases, rescues, salvations

close calls, close shaves, near misses
Near Antonyms of slips

captivities, confinements, immurements, imprisonments, incarcerations, internments

custodies, detentions, holds, holdings, retentions

endangerments, hazards, imperilments, jeopardies, perils, risks, troubles
4 a wrong judgment
  • that's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made
Synonyms of slips

misapprehensions, miscalculations, misjudgments, missteps, mistakes, slipups
Words Related to slips

blunders, boners, boobs [British], clinkers, errancies, errors, faults, flubs, fumbles, gaffes, goofs, inaccuracies, lapses, miscues, stumbles, trips

foul-ups, muffs

misstatements

misconceptions, misconstructions, misimpressions, misinterpretations, misprisions, misunderstandings

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