Synonyms for slate
sleɪtslate

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1. slatenoun

   A record of money owed.

   The boy was slated by his own mom for disobeying her.

   Synonyms:
   bill, account

2. slatenoun

   Synonyms:
   slate grey, slate gray

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1. slatenoun

   (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

   Synonyms:
   ticket, slating

2. slate, slatingnoun

   thin layers of rock used for roofing

   Synonyms:
   ticket, slating

3. slatenoun

   a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

   Synonyms:
   ticket, slating

4. slate, ticketverb

   a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

   Synonyms:
   ticket, tag, slating, just the ticket

5. slateverb

   designate or schedule

   "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor"

6. slateverb

   enter on a list or slate for an election

   "He was slated for borough president"

7. slateverb

   cover with slate

   "slate the roof"

Matched Categories

1. • Designate
   • Register
   • Roof
   • Sedimentary Rock
   • Tablet

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1. slatenoun

   Synonyms:
   argillite, argillaceous schist, grapholite

2. slateverb

   Synonyms:
   enroll, register

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1. List of paraphrases for "slate":

   whiteboard, chalkboard, list, blackboard, tab

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1. Paul Dergarabedian of comScore:

   Jeff Bock, a box office analyst with Exhibitor Relations, declared to Variety. But Ben-Hur isn't the only epic fail. Proving that Americans aren't impressed with much of Hollywood's summer slate, there have been multiple flops, including the Ghostbusters remake, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Star Trek Beyond, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Legend of Tarzan, Warcraft, X Men: Apocalypse, and the Steven Spielberg directed fantasy, The BFG. Still, as The Wrap just reported, North American ticket sales are up 2.84 percent over 2015 receipts at this time. The films have cumulatively earned an astounding $4.14 billion domestic in figures calculated from 108 days after the first Friday in May until Aug. 22. This summer suffered from the problem of perception versus reality.

2. Patrick Murray:

   Cruz looks to be well-positioned in Texas, the challenge for him is that a lot of other states are also on the slate for Super Tuesday.

3. William Hanrahan:

   As a judge I would be asking (potential jurors) to make that commitment to set aside what they believe the facts to be and set aside what they believe the law to be, to essentially be a tabula rasa, a blank slate.

4. Michelle Obama:

   I didn’t come into (being first lady) with a blank slate.

5. Ali Kareem:

   . Ali Kareem, who heads Iraqs High Committee for Human Rights, denied the country’s military or state-backed militias use child soldiers. We can say today with full confidence that we have a clean slate on child recruitment issues.