Synonyms for slide
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slide

   Synonyms:
   bind, chafe, grind, slip, stand, stick

   Antonyms:
   revolve, roll, rotate, turn

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slide, microscope slidenoun

   a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

   Synonyms:
   playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide

2. slidenoun

   (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

   Synonyms:
   playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide

3. swoop, slidenoun

   (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

   "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

   Synonyms:
   playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide

4. slide, playground slide, sliding boardnoun

   plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

   Synonyms:
   playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide

5. slide, glide, coastnoun

   the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

   "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

   Synonyms:
   seashore, semivowel, chute, sailing, coast, microscope slide, sea-coast, slideway, sliding board, swoop, lantern slide, soaring, gliding, seacoast, glide, playground slide, sailplaning, sloping trough

6. slide, lantern slidenoun

   a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

   Synonyms:
   playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide

7. chute, slide, slideway, sloping troughverb

   sloping channel through which things can descend

   Synonyms:
   playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, coast, lantern slide, slideway, microscope slide, sliding board, chute, glide, parachute

8. skid, slip, slue, slew, slideverb

   move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

   "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

   Synonyms:
   slip, steal, sheer, sneak, slew, slue, skid, slip one's mind, drop away, swerve, cut, trend, slither, luxate, curve, dislocate, splay, drop off, fall away, mistake, err, veer

9. slither, slideverb

   to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

   "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

   Synonyms:
   slew, slither, skid, slue, slip

10. slideverb

    move smoothly along a surface

    "He slid the money over to the other gambler"

    Synonyms:
    slue, slew, slither, skid, slip

Matched Categories

1. • Descent
   • Foil
   • Geology
   • Glissando
   • Motion
   • Move
   • Music
   • Plate Glass

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. slideverb

   Synonyms:
   glide, slip, move smoothly

2. slidenoun

   Synonyms:
   glide, slip

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slidenoun

   Synonyms:
   slip, flume, shoot, chute

2. slideverb

   Synonyms:
   slip, glide, lapse, elapse, skid

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "slide":

   slides, sliding, slip, slider, toboggan, blade, acetate, landslide, lamella

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1. List of known nicknames for "Slide":

   Andreas Hühn, Pete Martin

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1. Donald Trump:

   Belt buckles really pretty much don't stop stabbing, they turn, they twist, things slide off them -- pretty lucky if that happened.

2. Assistant Town Manager Roxanne Robinson:

   They still don't expect any kind of catastrophic release of the slide, and the risk of any kind of rock fall or debris fall is very low.

3. Phil Orlando:

   It is inconceivable to us, with $3.65 trillion in foreign currency reserves, the Chinese government and the PBOC would sit there and watch the second-largest economy in the world slide into recession or worse, i don't know if we're completely out of the woods at this point.

4. Lois McMaster Bujold:

   War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.

5. Niki DaSilva:

   I couldn’t leave her there alone, so I positioned myself between the co-worker and the attorney general to act as a buffer, after a few moments, Attorney General Hill put his hand on my back. I was taken aback by this gesture as we had never held a conversation before that night. I felt his hand start to slide slowly down my back.