Synonyms for Slither | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "slither" (156 found)

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Closest matches (32)

amble avalanche bargebowl alongbundle clump coast coasting crawl creek creep drag droop flit flounce flow flowing fly foot footslog

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gait gallop glide gliding glissade glissando halt

Noun(5 words)

crawling creep creeping glidegradual encroachment

Strong matches (46)

hippety-hop hitch hobble hopice skateice-skate jog jolt jump landslide landslip limplock steplumber lunge lurch lurk mincemincing stepspace

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paddle peg piaffe piaffer plod prance prowl rack rollroller skateroller-skate sail sailing sashay saunter scuff scuffle scuttle shamble shuffle sideslip sidle single-foot

Noun(3 words)

inching advancemeanderserpentine motion

Related words (78)

skate skateboard skating ski skid skiing skim skip skitter slather sled sledding sleigh slick slidder slideslide downsliding slink slip

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Verb(5 words)

slide slipped slithers weaseled wormed

Noun(7 words)

slip wind worming worms wriggle wriggles writhing

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries

advancement go locomote motion move movement progress travel

More specific

10 entries

bureaucratic creepcoiling motionmeandering pathmoral creeppolicy creepserpentine motionslitheringslithering gaitsnake movementwinded progression

Collocations

10 entries

serpentine motionslither acrossslither alongslither awayslither downslither intoslithering motionslow slithersmooth slithersnakelike slither

Inflections

3 entries

slithered slithering slithers

Derivations

5 entries

slithered slitherer slithering slithery slithily

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom saw a snake slither across the path.

Source: tatoeba (1093024)

Ziri felt something slither under his left leg.

Source: tatoeba (11218706)

The snake began to slither.

Source: tatoeba (11239200)

The miniature city is clean and green, modern train lines slither between high-rise buildings, and the rivers that course through the city are a clear blue instead of the brown-black of real-life canals.

Source: tatoeba (12205141)

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