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

11 senses of slip

Sense 1
steal, slip -- (move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")
          Phrasal Verb-> slip away#2

Sense 2
slip -- (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand")
       => insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce -- (introduce; "Insert your ticket here")

Sense 3
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)
          Phrasal Verb-> slip up#1

Sense 4
slip, drop off, drop away, fall away -- (get worse; "My grades are slipping")
       => worsen, decline -- (grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened")

Sense 5
slip -- (move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble")
       => escape, get away, break loose -- (run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison")
          Phrasal Verb-> slip by#1; slip away#1

Sense 6
err, mistake, slip -- (to make a mistake or be incorrect)
          Phrasal Verb-> slip up#1

Sense 7
slip, sneak -- (pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking")
       => pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give -- (place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers")

Sense 8
slip -- (move easily; "slip into something comfortable")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 9
slip -- (cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place")
       => 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")

Sense 10
slip, slip one's mind -- (pass out of one's memory)
       => forget, block, blank out, draw a blank -- (be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!")

Sense 11
dislocate, luxate, splay, slip -- (move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically")
       => 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 slipping

1 sense of slipping

Sense 1
slipping, slithering -- (moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice")

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

Similarity of adj slipping

1 sense of slipping

Sense 1
slipping, slithering -- (moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice")
       => 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")