slider

Other forms of slider

plural

sliders·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slider

What does slider mean?

slider means "a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slider?

slider has 2 syllables: sli-der. The stress falls on "sli". In IPA it is /ˈslaɪdɚ/.

What is another word for slider?

Close synonyms include skidder, slipper, luger, yellow-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys scripta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slider a common word?

slider is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.