sleepwalker, n. somnambulist, noctambulist, somnambulator,
somnambule.
sleepwalking, n. somnambulism, somnambulation, somnambulance,
noctambulism, noctambulation. Associated Words: somnambulate,
somnambulistic, somnambular, somnambulic.
sleepy, a. drowsy, somnolent, dozy; soporiferous, somniferous,
soporific, dormitive, narcotic, somnific, hypnotic; dormant, sluggish,
lethargic, torpid, dull.
sleeve, n. Associated Word: chevron.
sleigh, n. cutter, sled, sledge, bobsled, toboggan, jumper, pung.
sleight of hand. prestidigitation, jugglery, legerdemain, magic,
conjury. Associated Words: prestidigitator, juggler, conjurer, magician,
legerdemamist.
slender, a. slim, slight, thin, spare, lank, spindling; delicate,
feeble, fragile, frail, tenuous; trivial, inconsiderable; abstemious,
frugal, spare, plain.
slice, n. chop, collop; rasher, flitch.
slick, a. sleek, sleeky, smooth.
slide, n. slip; flume, shoot, chute.
slide, v. slip, glide, lapse, elapse, skid.
slight, a. inconsiderable, trivial, insignificant, trifling, petty,
paltry; desultory, cursory, superficial, indifferent.
slight, n. neglect, inattention, disregard, snub.
slight, v. overlook, neglect, disregard, ignore.
slightly, adv. somewhat; superficially, cursorily, hastily.
slim, a. thin, gaunt, poor, lank, spare, spindling, meager; slight,
insufficient, inconsiderable, paltry.
slime, n. mud, mire, ooze, liman.
slimsy, a. (Colloq.) flimsy, frail, poor.
slip, v. slide, glide; err, trip; omit, lose; foist; elapse.
slip, n. lapse, error, indiscretion, transgression, peccadillo,
mistake; twig, cutting, scion, shoot; escape, riddance, desertion;
wrapper, covering.
slipper, n. slipshoe; (Oriental) baboosh, babouche.
slipperiness, n. smoothness, glibness, lubricity.
slippery, a. smooth, glib; inconstant, unstable; loose, incontinent,
lubric.
slipshod, a. slovenly, careless, negligent.
slit, n. gash, incision.
sliver, n. splinter.
slobber, v. drivel, drool, slabber, slaver; smear, daub, defile.
slogan, n. war cry, rallying cry.
slope, v. slant, incline.
slope, n. inclination, slant, obliquity, acclivity; declivity.
sloping, a. oblique, slanting; acclivous; declivous.
slosh, n. slush, sludge.
sloth, n. sluggishness, indolence, laziness.
slothful, a. dronish, lazy, indolent, supine, sluggish, idle,
inactive.
slouchy, a. slouching, ungainly, awkward.
slough, n. quagmire, bog, morass; swale; exuviae
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