Show me
of
Looking for synonyms for "slither"? Browse alternatives ranked by relevance — sharper word choices for fiction, poetry, and copywriting.
(v)
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
Relevance: 0%
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
(n)
(originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
(UK, dialectal) To slither, slide or slip
A furtive advance.
(rare) To slither.
(intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
An act or instance of slipping.
Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
The act of gliding.
(adj)
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
(chiefly Scotland, Northern England) A state of indecision or confusion; a panicked state; a flap, fluster, or dither.
A wriggling movement.
Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
(UK, archaic, intransitive) To move in a slouching manner.
(dialectal or archaic) To slip or slide, especially clumsily, or in a gingerly, timorous way.
(intransitive) To crawl; creep; slide.
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
A large amount.
A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.
The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
The act, or an instance, of swinging.
(informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person.
(informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
(intransitive) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander.
Physically weak.
(informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
(ambitransitive) To move slowly.
(ambitransitive) To move from place to place.
Rapid circular motion.
(dialectal) A slice or sliver; slip, chip.
Poor writing; text that is imprecise, weak, or overly informal.
An instance of segueing, a transition.
An act or instance of swimming.
(uncountable, sports, often attributive) The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.
(computing) The act of scrolling
(slang, originally US) Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.
Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
(intransitive, colloquial) To move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space.
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
(informal) A usually wet sucking or slurping sound.
(also figuratively) A skittering movement.
A state of wooziness.
A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
Alternative form of serpentize. [(intransitive) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander.]
A fluttering movement
A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.
Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
The design plan for building a ship.
Quick and light in movement or action.
A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
(uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
(countable) A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash.
A small amount; a skosh.
A sudden or unsteady movement.
A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
A cursory reading, skipping the details.
(uncountable, slang) Muck, scum, dirt, dirtiness; also used attributively.
A small amount by which something has changed or moved.
(UK, dialect) The European lancefish.
(slang) A dollar.
Confidence, pride.
A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
A wind blowing from the side.
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A person's mouth or tongue.
The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
(transitive) To slide over or past.
(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
(intransitive) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession.
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
An advantage.
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
Nonsense; senseless talk.
(ambitransitive) To apply a slow motion effect to (a video etc.).
Alternative form of rutch (“squirm”). [(US, archaic in Yorkshire, informal) To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.]
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.
(intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
An act of flirting.
(Physical movement.) (intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body).
(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
(Canada, US) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.