Synonyms for slide
slaɪdslide

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. Laurence Tribe:

   It's a serious cloud, it has to be taken seriously. It's not just a matter of coming up with great talking points or winning some debate. I think he does a disservice to the Constitution and the country when he thinks he can slide his way, slip slide his way around this serious constitutional issue.

2. Natalie Sawyer:

   I wanted cash that I could get to right away if needed and I didn't have faith that the market wouldn't slide further and negate any contributions that I made during that time.

3. Tim Roth:

   I was like, 'Where's all the corruption in the script?' where is all the back-stabbing, the deals? So it was a tough one. I tried to slide in a sense of it, as much as I could get in there.

4. Johann von Goethe:

   A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-latern show. We draw out slide after slide, swiftly tiring of each, and pushing it back to make haste for the next.

5. Ernest K. Gann, The Black Watch:

   If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against a foe. We no longer waste manpower by carrying the flag into battle. Instead we need battalions of electronic engineers to keep the terrible machinery grinding.