STRIDE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

stride 1 of 2

verb

ˈstrīd

Definition of stride

as in to march

to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group a gang of armed men strode into the bank and approached the teller

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stride

2 of 2

noun

as in leap

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Recent Examples of stride

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Likewise, in January, Disney's former chief executive Bob Iger hinted at the park's location in an Instagram post of him striding along the beach on Yas Island. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Trump strode into office for a second term vowing to avoid lengthy and expensive military entanglements. — Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Noun

There should be a bunch of them when the season hits full stride with Labor Day weekend games scheduled Thursday through Monday. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Eight years in, NASA’s program for robotic commercial lunar landers, known as CLPS, still hasn’t hit a stride. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stride

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Rather markets sending yields lower to account for a slower economy and cooler inflation, yields have marched higher.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Fast start for the Hurricanes The defense forced a three and out to begin the game and then Miami quickly marched 77 yards for a touchdown, with Darian Mensah connecting with Malachi Toney for two long passes, including a 23-yard touchdown.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of march

Noun

Virginia slides up for its Week 0 beatdown of NC State, and UCLA makes a big leap into the top 25 for its impressive 45-24 win at Cal.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
If Taron Johnson and the secondary hold up against complex passing schemes, the unit should take a noticeable leap in efficiency.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of leap

Noun

Potentially the final step before Aaron Judge returns to the majors is happening on Monday in an empty Yankee Stadium.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
As a 6-foot, 165-pound senior receiver for Moorpark, his quick first step combined with his jumping ability is making Musketeer fans think of their greatest athlete, NFL receiver Drake London.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of step

Noun

From there, researchers also used synchrotron radiation and other microscopy approaches to analyze the healing tissues on a cellular level.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Crews fighting the fire took an innovative approach Monday, using ground vehicles to apply a fire retardant typically dropped from airplanes, according to a post on the forest service’s Facebook page.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of approach

Noun

Meanwhile, in the United States, the coming of war and the promise of lucrative federal contracts dramatically reoriented the relationship between industrial capital and the New Deal state.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Even as a brutal heat wave threatened to smother the energy, the fest felt like a cheerful coming-out party—an announcement of the political commitments of a generation of mainstream artists more famous for singing about the self than about society.

— Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming

Noun

But the Venezuela deal further stretches the bounds of its mandate, involving oil instead of a classic critical technology, and has already prompted Democrats to vow to investigate.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Then came Bourdain, whose devotion to The Deuce held no bounds.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of bound

Noun

Their arrival is also welcome for many locals, battered by the economic impact of the Iran war their American visitors were fighting.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Supporters point to more than 1 million additional jobs, lower unemployment, tighter public finances and a decline in migrant arrivals as evidence that the unusual period of continuity has produced tangible results.

— Silvia Stellacci, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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