SLID Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

slid

verb

past tense of slide

as in sneaked

to move about in a sly or secret manner slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing

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as in flowed

to move or proceed smoothly and readily at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple

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as in crept

to move slowly with the body close to the ground the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork

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Recent Examples of slid The Dallas Cowboys tight end slid into the former college athlete and influencer's DMs with a line that ended up working and anyone can use. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Artificial Intelligence infrastructure plays Nebius Group and Iren also slid 5% and nearly 8%, respectively. — Ananya Chetia,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The top of the wave slid under the boat, carrying Ed with it. — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026 But in 2026, registration totals as of early October have slid to fewer than 500. — Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026 But a few times in recent years, Hollins, a veterinarian, tricked Jonathan and slid a cotton swab into the giant tortoise’s mouth to get a saliva sample. — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2026 Tyson Foerster slid headfirst on the ice chasing a puck in a scoreless game and got tangled with Carolina's Jordan Martinook. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Lab technician Aleksej Kubelka carefully opened the large machine and slid out a tray. — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 Cartagena’s Alquímico and Bangkok’s Bar Us slid in at the third and fourth spots, respectively, and Athens’s Line rounded out the top five. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026

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It was announced on Saturday that Judkins and QB Deshaun Watson had been fined a cool $14,397, while guard Austin Barber, who also snuck a hit off of the invisible blunt, had to pony up $6,944.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Kraft also took a direct snap and sneaked for a first down on another fourth-and-1 at the Buccaneers 10.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of sneaked

Verb

But that night, as the drinks flowed, Pattinson couldn’t help but riff on what an actor might do with the character.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
The money allegedly flowed through a web of companies and bank accounts in Antigua, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and elsewhere.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of flowed

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Amanda Peet did all of that too, starting in her late 30s because of dense breast tissue and prior benign lumps, and her stage 1 invasive lobular carcinoma still slipped past her first scan.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
These were aspirationally scheduled for no earlier than mid and late October, respectively, but have now apparently slipped to mid-to-late November (though there has been no public confirmation of any firm target date).

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of slipped

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The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Merino glided away from challenges to keep Arsenal in control.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of glided

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In May 2025, after Williams shut off the water in a cell, 10 inmates removed a toilet, crawled through a gap in the wall and scaled a fence out of the jail.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
In real-world tests, the hand crawled across 14 different surfaces including smooth floors, metal grates, grass, and gravel.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of crawled

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In a statement to CBS Colorado, the FAA said that a safety risk assessment identified incidents in which aircraft drifted toward other planes departing at the same time on parallel runways.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The smoke has drifted as far as the Philippines, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) away.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of drifted

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