Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slide

3 senses of slide

Sense 1
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide -- (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk")
       => glide -- (move smoothly and effortlessly)

Sense 2
slither, slide -- (to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")
          Phrasal Verb-> slide down#1; slide by#1

Sense 3
slide -- (move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Antonyms of adj sliding

1 sense of sliding

Sense 1
sliding -- (being a smooth continuous motion)

INDIRECT (VIA slippery) -> nonslippery -- (not slippery; not likely to slip or skid)

Similarity of adj sliding

1 sense of sliding

Sense 1
sliding -- (being a smooth continuous motion)
       => slippery (vs. nonslippery), slippy -- (causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain")

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