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. Chuck Schumer:

   Senate Democrats are under no illusion that we face difficult odds, especially when virtually every Senate Republican is staunchly against legislation protecting the right to vote, but I want to be clear : when this chamber confronts a question this important, one so vital to our country, so vital to our ideals, so vital to the future of our democracy, you don't slide it off the table and say, never mind.

2. Phil Robertson:

   This is the start of the downward slide for what little remains of political and press freedom in Singapore.

3. Freddie Mac:

   If mortgage rates continue to slide over the next few weeks, look for a continued rebound during the first weeks of the spring homebuying season.

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. Drew Barrymore:

   When you're a parent, you try to compensate with so much love and you're almost afraid to get into the argument, so you let things slide and then you're like, 'Oh, there should've been a boundary in that place probably a while ago,'but I guess I'm only realizing that now.