Synonyms of glides

glides

verb

present tense third-person singular of glide

1

as in flows

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

looking for a college course that he could just glide through

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flows
• drifts
• cruises
• slips
• sails
• slides
• sweeps
• brushes
• rolls
• flies
• streams
• speeds
• races
• bowls
• rushes
• whisks
• skims
• breezes
• coasts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggles
• flounders
• stumbles
• limps
• trudges
• plods
• shuffles
• lumbers
• stamps
• stomps
• stumps
• toils
• labors
• tramps
• shambles

2

as in flies

to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings

a kite gliding on the autumn breeze

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flies
• hovers
• floats
• soars
• wings
• sails
• planes
• drifts
• flutters
• darts
• sweeps
• wafts
• aviates
• flits
• hangs
• cruises
• coasts
• orbits
• catapults
• dives
• stoops
• jets
• helicopters
• rockets

3

as in hovers

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air

water striders gliding along the surface of the brook

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hovers
• floats
• sails
• swims
• drifts
• rides
• wafts
• hangs
• poises
• bobs
• suspends
• dangles
• buoys
• rafts
• balloons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settles
• sinks
• plunges
• dives
• lunges
• dips
• submerges
• immerses
• submerses