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Synonyms and Antonyms of glide

1 to move or proceed smoothly and readily
  • looking for a college course that he could just glide through
Synonyms of glide

bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk
Words Related to glide

fly, race, rush, speed
Near Antonyms of glide

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

labor, toil
Antonyms of glide

flounder, struggle
2 to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
  • a kite gliding on the autumn breeze
Synonyms of glide

aviate, fly, plane, soar, wing
Words Related to glide

drift, float, hang, hover, waft

coast, cruise, sail, sweep

dart, flit, flutter

catapult, helicopter, jet, orbit, rocket

dive, stoop
3 to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
  • water striders gliding along the surface of the brook
Synonyms of glide

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, swim, waft
Words Related to glide

bob, dangle, suspend

buoy

balloon, raft
Near Antonyms of glide

dive, lunge, plunge

dip, immerse, submerge, submerse
Antonyms of glide

settle, sink

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