SLIDE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SLIDE?

Need another word that means the same as “slide”? Find 53 synonyms and 30 related words for “slide” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Slide” are: skid, slew, slip, slue, slither, glide, move smoothly, skim, skate, glissade, coast, plane, trickle, run, flow, pour, stream, course, spill, creep, steal, slink, tiptoe, sidle, ease, edge, sink, fall, drop, descend, swoop, chute, slideway, sloping trough, playground slide, lantern slide, microscope slide, water slide, flume, log flume, hydroslide, decline, slump, tumble, downturn, downswing, transparency, diapositive, mount

Slide as a Noun

Definitions of "Slide" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slide” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A part of a machine or instrument that slides.
• A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector.
• (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
• (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale.
• The descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
• Rapid sliding up or down the musical scale.
• A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study.
• The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it.
• A mounted transparency, especially one placed in a projector for viewing on a screen.
• The place on a machine or instrument where a sliding part operates.
• (in skateboarding and snowboarding) a manoeuvre in which the board slides along an obstacle such as a rail or the edge of a ramp.
• A smooth stretch or slope of ice or packed snow for sliding or tobogganing on.
• A rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope.
• A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.
• Sloping channel through which things can descend.
• A decline in value or quality.
• Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide.
• A sliding approach made to a base along the ground.
• Slide guitar.
• An act of moving along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.
• A sandal or light shoe without a back.

Synonyms of "Slide" as a noun (23 Words)

chute	A sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level. Cattle tend to be calmer in a chute with solid sides.
coast	A slope down which sleds may coast. The coast is clear.
decline	A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current. A serious decline in bird numbers.
diapositive	A positive photographic slide or transparency.
downswing	A swing downward of a golf club. Your body must not sway to the left during the downswing.
downturn	A worsening of business or economic activity. The market took a downturn.
drop	An instance of falling or dropping. A chocolate drop.
fall	A defeat or downfall. At the corner of the massif this fall is interrupted by other heights of considerable stature.
flume	A narrow gorge with a stream running through it.
glide	A flight in a glider or unpowered aircraft. The cuckoo makes its approach in a hawklike glide.
hydroslide	A water slide into a swimming pool. A showy mansion with a swimming pool hydroslide and floodlit tennis court.
lantern slide	Light in a transparent protective case.
log flume	Measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship’s speed through the water.
microscope slide	Magnifier of the image of small objects.
mount	A mounting consisting of a piece of metal as in a ring or other jewelry that holds a gem in place. The diamond was in a plain gold mount.
playground slide	An area where many people go for recreation.
slideway	Sloping channel through which things can descend.
sloping trough	An elevated geological formation.
slump	A prolonged period of abnormally low economic activity, typically bringing widespread unemployment. The team went into a slump.
swoop	A swooping or snatching movement or action. Four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes.
transparency	A positive transparent photograph printed on transparent plastic or glass, able to be viewed using a slide projector. The transparency of ice.
tumble	A rapid fall in amount or value. Not a soul gave him a tumble.
water slide	The part of the earth’s surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean.

Usage Examples of "Slide" as a noun

• I'd been playing slide for years.
• His slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill.
• Her hair was held back with a tortoiseshell slide.
• The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides.
• A slide show.
• The current slide in house prices.
• Anna played on the slide.
• Use an ice axe to halt a slide on ice and snow.

Slide as a Verb

Definitions of "Slide" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slide” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.
• Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
• Change gradually to a worse condition or lower level.
• Move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively.
• Move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.
• Move smoothly along a surface.
• Move (something) smoothly along a surface.

Synonyms of "Slide" as a verb (30 Words)

coast	Sail along the coast especially in order to carry cargo. He coasted down the eastern shore.
course	Pursue (game, especially hares) with greyhounds using sight rather than scent. He often courses hares.
creep	(of a plastic solid) undergo gradual deformation under stress. The fog was creeping up from the marsh.
descend	(of sound) become lower in pitch. John Dalrymple was descended from an ancient Ayrshire family.
drop	Let or cause to fall in drops. The airlift dropped food into the camp.
ease	Of share prices interest rates etc decrease in value or amount. I eased down the slope with care.
edge	Provide with a border or edge. The pool is edged with paving.
fall	Fall to somebody by assignment or lot. Fall into a strange way of thinking.
flow	Fall or flow in a certain way. The champagne flowed at the wedding.
glide	Fly in or as if in a glider plane. Students learning to glide.
glissade	Perform a glissade in ballet. We wobbled down the line of ascent, glissading when we could.
move smoothly	Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.
plane	Make even or smooth with or as with a carpenter s plane. Plane the top of the door.
pour	Pour out. We poured money into the education of our children.
run	Stretch out over a distance space time or scope run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point. Who are these people running around in the building.
sidle	Move unobtrusively or furtively. The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log.
sink	Fall or sink heavily. They planned to sink a gold mine in Oklahoma.
skate	Perform a specified figure on skates. The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter.
skid	Apply a brake or skid to. The wheels skidded against the sidewalk.
skim	Deal with or treat (a subject) briefly or superficially. She was skimming money from the household kitty.
slew	Of an electronic device undergo slewing. He slewed the aircraft round before it settled on the runway.
slink	Walk stealthily. I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey.
slip	Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly. The giant balloon slipped its moorings.
slither	Move smoothly over a surface with a twisting or oscillating motion. We slithered down a snowy mountain track.
slue	Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
spill	(in the context of ball games) drop (the ball). Spill blood.
steal	Move stealthily. A delicious languor was stealing over her.
stream	Flow freely and abundantly. I woke up in the night streaming with sweat.
tiptoe	Walk on one’s toes. He admits he has never been one to tiptoe around controversial issues.
trickle	Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream. The first members of the congregation began to trickle in.

Usage Examples of "Slide" as a verb

• She slid the keys over the table.
• She slid the bottle into her pocket.
• I quickly slid into a seat at the back of the hall.
• She slid down the bank into the water.
• The country faces the prospect of sliding from recession into slump.

Associations of "Slide" (30 Words)

ambush	Hunt quarry by stalking and ambushing. They were ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy.
blunder	An embarrassing mistake. He blundered his stupid ideas.
climb	An ascent especially of a mountain or hill by climbing. The rate of climb can be set by the pilot.
crawl	Swim by doing the crawl. He reduced his speed to a crawl.
curve	Extend in curves and turns. Her mouth curved in a smile.
err	To make a mistake or be incorrect. The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible.
gaffe	A socially awkward or tactless act. His comments are a major diplomatic gaffe.
glide	Fly in or as if in a glider plane. Just within range for a straight glide home.
ground	Bring to the ground. After the accident they grounded the plane and the pilot.
hill	Form into a hill. If frost threatens our new plants we hill them up.
ice	A frozen mixture of fruit juice or of flavoured water and sugar. Look at the ice on that dame.
inadvertence	The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.
lapse	A mistake resulting from inattention. The correspondence lapsed.
lubricity	Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.
omission	Neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something. The omission of recent publications from his bibliography.
oversight	A mistake resulting from inattention. He had simply missed Parsons out by an oversight.
pounce	Move down on as if in an attack. The gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground.
rebound	The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot. He is still on the rebound from his wife s death.
remittance	A sum of money sent in payment or as a gift. Remittance may be made by credit card.
skid	Fasten a skid to a wheel as a brake. The Volvo went into a skid.
sledge	Ride in or travel with a sledge. The children sledged all day by the lake.
sliding	Being a smooth continuous motion. Sliding TV ratings.
slip	A slippery smoothness. My grades are slipping.
slither	A slithering movement. A snake like slither across the grass.
smoothly	In a smooth way. Everything seemed to be going smoothly.
snake	Move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake. A rope snaked down.
snow	A layer of snowflakes white crystals of frozen water covering the ground. Carbon dioxide snow.
solecism	A socially awkward or tactless act.
swoop	A swooping or snatching movement or action. The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides.
walk	A person s manner of walking. She spotted a man walking his retriever.