What is another word for slipping?
233 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ slˈɪpɪŋ], [ slˈɪpɪŋ], [ s_l_ˈɪ_p_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for slipping:- all (adjective)
- descending (adjective)
- down (adjective)
- falling (adjective)
- retrograde (adjective)
- reverting (adjective)
- slippery (noun)
- slipping (noun)
- abscond (verb)
- backslide (verb)
- breeze (verb)
- crash (verb)
- deflect (verb)
- descending (verb)
- deteriorating (verb)
- erring (verb)
- failing (verb)
- slip (verb)
- other synonyms
- adj.
- n.
Synonyms for Slipping:
adj.
•all (adjective) •descending (adjective) •down (adjective) •falling (adjective) •retrograde (adjective) •reverting (adjective)n.
•slippery (noun) •slipping (noun)v.
•abscond (verb)- escape,
- break,
- pull out,
- sneak away,
- skedaddle,
- fly the coop,
- get,
- take off,
- flee,
- go south,
- disappear,
- scram,
- run off,
- slip,
- quit,
- cut and run,
- dog it,
- make a break,
- duck out,
- make off,
- vanish,
- beat it,
- steal away,
- make scarce,
- vamoose,
- decamp,
- hightail,
- clear out,
- skip out,
- go AWOL,
- leave.
- pancake,
- ditch,
- give way,
- fall flat,
- meet,
- overturn,
- hurtle,
- splash down,
- bite the dust,
- fall headlong,
- washout,
- tumble,
- topple,
- plunge,
- fall prostrate,
- dive,
- plough into,
- crash-land,
- prang,
- pitch,
- collapse,
- collide,
- sprawl,
- overbalance,
- smash,
- bump,
- upset,
- go in,
- drive into.
- curve,
- keep off,
- avert,
- fend,
- sheer,
- slew,
- glance off,
- diverge,
- veer,
- wheel,
- whip,
- disperse,
- shy,
- cover up,
- bend,
- sidetrack,
- twist,
- ricochet,
- hold off,
- swerve,
- pivot,
- volte-face,
- divert,
- whirl,
- parry,
- wind,
- hook.
- toppling,
- lowering,
- coming down,
- falling down,
- descending,
- tumbling,
- plummeting,
- dropping,
- nose-diving,
- Plunging,
- settling,
- descendent.
- lapsing,
- wilting,
- reverting,
- regressing,
- tergiversating,
- waning,
- Decaying,
- Slumping,
- fading,
- worsening,
- Putrefying,
- Collapsing,
- retrogressing,
- downgrading,
- deteriorating,
- falling apart,
- getting worse,
- atrophying,
- withering,
- ebbing,
- Dilapidating,
- going downhill,
- mouldering,
- Degenerating,
- relapsing.
- Blundering,
- fluffing,
- miscalculating,
- Misconstruing,
- bungling,
- misestimating,
- stumbling,
- Misconceiving,
- fouling up,
- tripping,
- erring,
- goofing,
- Botching,
- Marring,
- slipping up,
- misjudging.
- shift,
- fluff,
- goof,
- go wrong,
- misjudge,
- move,
- miscalculate,
- drop the ball,
- muff,
- lose footing,
- slip up,
- totter,
- stumble,
- skid,
- put foot in mouth,
- glissade,
- smooth along,
- make a mistake,
- slick,
- skate,
- drop,
- flub,
- slither,
- mistake,
- slide,
- blunder,
- trip,
- lurch,
- lose balance.
Other synonyms:
•adj. •n.
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Equivalence
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
tumbling.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Dipping, Slumping, lapsing, Infiltrating, relinquishing, diminishing, plummeting, Disposing, deteriorating, decreasing, losing, sinking, sneaking, jeopardising, Plunging, dropping, missing, drifting, backpedaling, leaving, Jeopardizing, Crumbling, descending, Surrendering, shrinking, Divesting, Transferring, assigning, showcasing, retreating, worsening, riding, Retracting, indulging, Endangering, shifting, moving, walking, Succumbing, yielding, Buckling, retiring, Bumping, spend, dragging, Gaining, kicking, laying, Placing, skating, straying, putting, edging, featuring, casting, setting, easing, going, seeing, lacking, ceding, train, bringing, focussing, footing, hurting, shedding.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Antonyms for Slipping:
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p. pr. & vb. n.
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Other antonyms:
nonslippery.
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Slipping Sentence Examples:
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She was slipping away, and he did not know how to call her back.
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Halt way she stopped for a second to adjust a slipping fur.
