Need another word that means the same as “glide”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “glide” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Glide” are: slide, move smoothly, slip, sail, float, drift, flow, soar, wheel, plane, gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring, coast, semivowel
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “glide” as a noun can have the following definitions:
coast | The Pacific coast of North America. The west coast of Africa. |
gliding | A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant. |
sailing | The action of sailing in a ship or boat. A sailing club. |
sailplaning | The activity of flying a glider. |
semivowel | A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant. |
slide | A part of a machine or instrument that slides. The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides. |
soaring | The activity of flying a glider. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “glide” as a verb can have the following definitions:
drift | Vary or move from a fixed point or course. The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore. |
float | Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. Float a ship. |
flow | Fall or flow in a certain way. Water flowed into the cave. |
move smoothly | Arouse sympathy or compassion in. |
plane | Make even or smooth with or as with a carpenter s plane. Seagulls swooped and planed overhead. |
sail | Travel in a boat with sails especially as a sport or recreation. The ball sailed inside the right hand post. |
slide | Move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively. She slid the bottle into her pocket. |
slip | Put (something) in a particular place or position quietly, quickly, or stealthily. He kept slipping in the mud. |
soar | Go or move upward. The stock market soared after the cease fire was announced. |
wheel | Carry in or on a vehicle with wheels. A young woman is wheeled into the operating theatre. |
blunder | Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily. He blundered his stupid ideas. |
clanger | An absurd or embarrassing blunder. He dropped a clanger. |
crawl | Swim using the crawl. Glazes can crawl away from a crack in the piece. |
curve | A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter. He relies on a couple of curves and a modest fastball. |
err | Fail to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; do wrong. The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible. |
error | (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed. The decisions of the appeal committee disclosed no error of law. |
fall | The season when the leaves fall from the trees. When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall. |
gaffe | An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. In my first few months at work I made some real gaffes. |
ice | Cause to become ice or icy. An iced summer drink. |
inadvertence | The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities. |
lapse | (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire. Three years elapsed. |
lubricity | Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness. |
omission | A failure to fulfil a moral or legal obligation. She searched the table for omissions. |
oversight | Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group. Effective oversight of the financial reporting process. |
pounce | Move down on as if in an attack. The paper pounced on her admission that she is still a member of CND. |
remission | An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease. The scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees. |
remittance | A sum of money sent in payment or as a gift. Remittance may be made by credit card. |
skid | Elevate onto skids. Her car skidded and hit the grass verge. |
sledge | Travel or slide downhill over snow on a sledge. The children sledged all day by the lake. |
slide | A part of a machine or instrument that slides. I d been playing slide for years. |
sliding | Able to move smoothly along a surface. Sliding TV ratings. |
slip | A slippery smoothness. The front wheels began to slip. |
slither | A slithering movement. I spied a baby adder slithering away. |
smoothly | With no problems or difficulties. Everything seemed to be going smoothly. |
snake | A long limbless reptile which has no eyelids a short tail and jaws that are capable of considerable extension Some snakes have a venomous bite. A rope snaked down. |
snow | A layer of snowflakes white crystals of frozen water covering the ground. We were trudging through deep snow. |
solecism | A breach of good manners; an instance of incorrect behaviour. |
stumble | An unsteady uneven gait. The drunk man stumbled about. |
swoop | Move with a sweep or in a swooping arc. The teacher swooped down upon the new students. |
walk | A person s manner of walking. She walks with a slight limp. |
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