glide
To move smoothly and quietly, without any effort.
glide in a sentence
- The swan glided across the still lake, barely making a ripple.
- Watch the paper aeroplane glide smoothly across the classroom and land right on the teacher's desk.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to glide?
- Astumble
- Bslide
- Cstagger
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B: slide. The other three mean the opposite of glide.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to glide?
- Afloat
- Bstumble
- Cslide
- Dsail
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B: stumble. The other three mean nearly the same as glide.
Words that mean something similar
slide, float, sail
Words that mean the opposite
stumble, stagger
More words about movement & action
- grapple: To wrestle or struggle with something difficult.
- gruelling: So hard and tiring that it completely wears you out.
- hamper: To make it hard for someone to do something.
- hasty: Done too quickly and without thinking.
- hectic: Extremely busy and full of rushing about.
- hinder: To make something harder to do or slow it down.
- hoist: To lift something up, often using ropes or effort.
- hurtle: To move very fast, often without control.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test