Need another word that means the same as “slither”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “slither” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Slither” are: slide, slip, glide, glissade, splinter, shard, shiver, chip, flake, shred, scrap, shaving, paring
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slither” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| chip | The act of chipping something. Serve with potatoes chips rice or pasta. |
| flake | A snowflake. Flake tools. |
| paring | A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. She could peel an apple with a single long paring. |
| scrap | Bits of uneaten food left after a meal. I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper. |
| shard | A piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges. Shards of glass flew in all directions. |
| shaving | The action of shaving. Shaving foam. |
| shiver | A momentary trembling movement. A look that gave him the shivers. |
| shred | A strip of material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger. Her dress was torn to shreds. |
| splinter | A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal. A splinter of ice. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slither” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| glide | Fly in or as if in a glider plane. A few gondolas glided past. |
| glissade | Perform a glissade in ballet. We wobbled down the line of ascent, glissading when we could. |
| slide | Move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively. I quickly slid into a seat at the back of the hall. |
| slip | Put on (a garment) quickly and easily. Slip into something comfortable. |
| blunder | Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake. She stopped finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made. |
| cower | Crouch or curl up. Children cowered in terror as the shoot out erupted. |
| crawl | Swim using the crawl. The old cheese was crawling with maggots. |
| creep | A slow longitudinal movement or deformation. Stones and earth slowly slip down the slopes by soil creep. |
| curve | Curved segment of a road or river or railroad track etc. Starting with arms outstretched curve the body sideways. |
| err | Fail to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; do wrong. The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible. |
| 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. |
| glide | A flight in a glider or unpowered aircraft. A few gondolas glided past. |
| ground | Place or put on the ground. A bitter wind blew from the north east and the bombers were grounded. |
| hill | Form into a hill. They loved to roam the hills of West Virginia. |
| ice | A rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating. Americans like ice in their drinks. |
| inadvertence | The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities. |
| lubricity | Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness. |
| monster | An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts. He was an unfeeling treacherous monster. |
| oversight | The action of overseeing something. Effective oversight of the financial reporting process. |
| pounce | (of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey. The paper pounced on her admission that she is still a member of CND. |
| serpentine | Complex, cunning, or treacherous. His charm was too subtle and serpentine for me. |
| servile | Relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants. The incurably servile housekeeper. |
| skid | Apply a brake or skid to. The Volvo went into a skid. |
| skiing | The action of travelling over snow on skis especially as a sport or recreation Competitive skiing falls into two categories Nordic cross country racing jumping and biathlon and Alpine downhill or straight racing and slalom racing round a series of markers. |
| sledge | Carry passengers or a load on a sledge. The antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline. |
| slide | Slide guitar. Anna played on the slide. |
| sliding | Able to be adjusted or adapted. He was charging a sliding fee. |
| slip | A reduction in the movement of a pulley or other mechanism due to slipping of the belt rope etc. I slipped over on the ice. |
| smoothly | In a smooth way. Put the plans into effect quickly and 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 | Fall as snow. The first snow of the season. |
| swoop | Seize with a swooping motion. The teacher swooped down upon the new students. |
| walk | A path set aside for walking. We like to walk every Sunday. |
| wriggle | The act of wiggling. She wriggled her bare brown toes. |
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