Glider may refer to:

Aircraft and transport

Aircraft

* Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight ** Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of gliding ** Military glider, used to transport combat troops and equipment to a combat zone ** Motor glider, a glider with a power source to generate thrust ** Hang gliding, Hang glider, foot-launched, framed fabric wing, usually used for recreation ** Paragliding, Paraglider, foot-launched, unframed fabric wing, usually used for recreation ** Rocket glider, a rocket propelled aircraft that routinely lands as a glider ** Walkalong glider, a model glider with updraft generated by a person walking behind ** Paper glider, a model or toy glider made out of paper * Gimli Glider, an Air Canada 767 which glided to a successful landing after running out of fuel in 1983

Other transport

* Glider (automobiles), a vehicle without a powertrain * Glider (Belfast), a bus rapid transit system in Belfast, Northern Ireland * Underwater glider, a submarine propelled by changing buoyancy

Animals

* There are at least eight marsupial mammals with the name "glider". They are in two families within the suborder Phalangeriformes ** Greater glider, ''Petauroides volans'' ** Feathertail glider or pygmy gliding possum, ''Acrobates pygmaeus'' ** Biak glider, ''Petaurus biacensis'' ** Mahogany glider, ''Petaurus gracilis'' ** Northern glider, ''Petaurus abidi'' ** Squirrel glider, ''Petaurus norfolcensis'' ** Sugar glider, ''Petaurus breviceps'' ** Yellow-bellied glider or fluffy glider, ''Petaurus australis''

Computing and video games

* Glider (bot), an Internet bot for automating ''World of Warcraft'' gameplay * Glider (Conway's Life), a pattern in Conway's Game of Life, also used as a hacker emblem * Glider (video game), ''Glider'' (video game), a 1988 Apple Macintosh game by John Calhoun

Music

* Glider (band), a band featuring members of Counting Crows * Glider (The Sight Below album), ''Glider'' (The Sight Below album), 2008 * Glider (Tokio album), ''Glider'' (Tokio album) or the title song, 2003 * Glider (EP), ''Glider'' (EP) or the title song, by My Bloody Valentine, 1990 * Glider (Boyfriend song), "Glider" (Boyfriend song), 2016 * "Glider", a song by Tycho from ''Epoch (Tycho album), Epoch'', 2016

Other uses

* Glider (furniture), a type of swinging seat * Gliders (Elfquest), Gliders (''Elfquest''), a fictional tribe of elves in the comic book series ''Elfquest'' * Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, nicknamed the Gliders