Synonyms of slithering

slithering

verb

present participle of slither

as in creeping

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

a snake slithering through the garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creeping
• crawling
• snaking
• sliding
• wriggling
• crouching
• tiptoeing
• groveling
• bellying
• sneaking
• squatting
• worming
• inching
• edging
• stealing
• skulking
• nosing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slithering

There was unexpected wildlife – a screeching macaque and a viper slithering across a path. — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

This is believed to be the first slithering creature seen at a football practice since Drew Rosenhaus. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Here are seven solutions to keep these animals slithering past your yard. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 6 July 2026

There are anywhere between 100,000 and 300,000 invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) currently slithering through the Florida Everglades. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

North Carolina is crawling, or perhaps slithering, with copperheads. — Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026

On land, movements range from crawling and slithering (worms, mollusks, arthropods, snakes) to walking and running. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026

His wife, Cheryl Hines, is heard off camera asking him to be careful with the slithering reptiles. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026

But his idealized vision of a past paradise of social cohesion that late-stage capitalism destroyed doesn’t reckon with the snakes that were always there in this imaginary Eden, including a personal betrayal that’s close to home and only comes slithering out in a moment of drunken weakness. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026