slip - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Synonyms

• eluding
• elusion
• slip

More generic

• evasion

Noun

a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Synonyms

• miscue
• parapraxis
• slip
• slip-up

More generic

• error
• fault
• mistake

More specific

• Freudian slip

Noun

a socially awkward or tactless act

Synonyms

• faux pas
• gaffe
• gaucherie
• slip
• solecism

More generic

• bloomer
• blooper
• blunder
• boner
• boo-boo
• botch
• bungle
• flub
• foul-up
• fuckup
• pratfall

Noun

a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

Synonyms

• sideslip
• slip

More generic

• airplane maneuver
• flight maneuver

Noun

an unexpected slide

Synonyms

• sideslip
• skid
• slip

More generic

• coast
• glide
• slide

Noun

bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

Synonyms

• case
• pillow slip
• pillowcase
• slip

More generic

• bed linen

Noun

a woman's sleeveless undergarment

Synonyms

• chemise
• shift
• shimmy
• slip
• teddy

More generic

• undergarment
• unmentionable

Related

• shoulder strap
• strap

Noun

a small sheet of paper

Synonyms

• slip
• slip of paper

More generic

• piece of paper
• sheet
• sheet of paper

Noun

artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

Synonyms

• slip
• strip

More generic

• artefact
• artifact

More specific

• band
• cramp
• cramp iron
• lead
• leading
• mullion
• reef
• ribbon
• ring
• screed
• stay
• tab
• tape
• typewriter ribbon
• weather strip
• weather stripping
• weatherstrip
• weatherstripping

Noun

a slippery smoothness

Synonyms

• slick
• slickness
• slip
• slipperiness

More generic

• smoothness

Noun

an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

Synonyms

• slip
• trip

More generic

• misadventure
• mischance
• mishap

More specific

• fall
• spill
• tumble

Noun

a place where a craft can be made fast

Synonyms

• berth
• moorage
• mooring
• slip

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• anchorage
• anchorage ground

Noun

a young and slender person

Synonyms

• slip

More generic

• spring chicken
• young person
• younker
• youth

Noun

a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

Synonyms

• cutting
• slip

More generic

• stalk
• stem

More specific

• quickset

Noun

potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics

Synonyms

• slip

More generic

• potter's clay
• potter's earth

Verb

insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly

Synonyms

• slip

More generic

• enclose
• inclose
• insert
• introduce
• put in
• stick in

Verb

get worse

Synonyms

• drop away
• drop off
• fall away
• slip

More generic

• decline
• worsen

More specific

• backslide
• lapse

Verb

move out of position

Synonyms

• dislocate
• luxate
• slip
• splay

More generic

• displace
• move

Verb

pass out of one's memory

Synonyms

• slip
• slip one's mind

More generic

• blank out
• block
• draw a blank
• forget

Verb

to make a mistake or be incorrect

Synonyms

• err
• mistake
• slip

More specific

• fall for
• misjudge
• misremember
• slip up
• stumble
• trip up

Also See

• slip up

Verb

move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

Synonyms

• skid
• slew
• slide
• slip
• slue

More generic

• glide

Also See

• slip up

More specific

• side-slip
• skid
• submarine

Verb

move stealthily

Synonyms

• slip
• steal

More generic

• move

Also See

• slip away

Verb

move smoothly and easily

Synonyms

• slip

More generic

• break loose
• escape
• get away

Also See

• slip away
• slip by

Verb

cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion

Synonyms

• slip

More generic

• displace
• move

Related

• slip

Verb

move easily

Synonyms

• slip

More generic

• move

Verb

pass on stealthily

Synonyms

• slip
• sneak

More generic

• give
• hand
• pass
• pass on
• reach
• turn over

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