SLIDE Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈslīd

Definition of slide

as in to sneak

to move about in a sly or secret manner slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing

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as in to flow

to move or proceed smoothly and readily at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple

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as in to crawl

to move slowly with the body close to the ground the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork

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slide

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noun

as in flood

a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place The slide caused by the storm made the road impassable.

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Recent Examples of slide

Verb

To help build that picture, Heinzerling and team got on court with Nadal, with camera operators dodging tennis balls and sliding and capturing moments of Nadal with his young son and wife at home. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026 There was a very real chance the bus could continue to slide, but Lara and four other soldiers and airmen rushed to help as the scene descended into chaos. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 9 Aug. 2026

Noun

There is also a smaller slide-out drip tray underneath the main surface. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2026 In the cover slide, Fox poses next to a blue car at evening time. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slide

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slide

Verb

Take a look at the ideas that inspired the game and some of the inside jokes that were snuck in.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
Her earliest tour, a virtual show streamed over Zoom during the pandemic, became so popular that fans started sharing links so others could sneak in and watch alongside them.

— Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sneak

Verb

According to regulators, the investments all flowed through Spaventa.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Using the streams as indicators of the groundwater flowing beneath them, Campbell is building a model to identify the best potential sites in Idaho for a subsurface dam.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of flow

Verb

And imagine the bear, cornered in an unfamiliar lair, seeing the light of the only exit blocked by this larger attacker that did not howl or bark, but crawled silently toward him through the addled dogs.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Tests on Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, Unitree’s G1 and Boston Dynamics’ Spot showed the robots could perform crawling, cartwheels, handstands, soccer kicks and other complex movements across different robotic body types.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of crawl

Noun

According to the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, a Beulah man was swept away in fast-moving flood waters on Sunday afternoon.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
But flood waters have now started to recede and the city has reopened some of the flood gates, according to the Indianapolis Department of Public Works.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of flood

Verb

At showtime, video screens surrounding the stage began to glide upwards, revealing two familiar silhouettes, complete with dual doublenecks, shrouded by thick clouds of smoke.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
This monitor has a borderless display on three sides to prevent distractions, and it's equipped with a zippy 75Hz refresh rate so all your operations glide easily across the screen.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of glide

Verb

The typical credit score has crept upward, landing in the 700s on the VantageScore scale.

— Sharon Wu, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
The polarizing quarterback will start Cleveland's exhibition opener at Chicago on Saturday — his first game action since 2024 — and Shedeur Sanders will play in the second half as the Browns' QB competition creeps toward a conclusion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of creep

Noun

Burnham replaced former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who had led both men's Labour Party to a landslide election victory just two years earlier, on July 20.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Exceptionally heavy rainfall, over 43 inches of it in the Big Island’s mountains, set off landslides and flash floods that wiped out roads on the island.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of landslide

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