AMBLING Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in plodding

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verb

present participle of amble

as in strolling

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure the couple enjoys ambling along the many footpaths that meander through the park

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The highway patrol’s video snippet ended with the man still holding the blades and ambling down an embankment to the highway while an officer pointed a gun at him. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 According to a Facebook post shared by Real County Animal Rescue-Shelter, Gracie was still missing as of noon on June 22, and had last been seen ambling by a game camera west of Leakey. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 And his discussion of Turgenev’s The Singers, an ambling story that leads us to a singing competition in an inn, reveals a much quieter social reversal. — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026 Another good ambling adventure is the Sculpture Trail, featuring works by local artists. — Amy Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026 The question of true or false became a sensation in 1967 with the famous film shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in the Pacific Northwest, capturing a hairy figure ambling through a Northern California wood. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 May 2026 Few wallpapers can nurture a childhood love of Fauvism with so little effort, but this ambling and pastoral mural can raise your little one to appreciate the finer things in life. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026 Though there was a thrilling edge to their early work—the lightning-in-a-bottle sample drill of Polo Perks and Moh Baretta, that spine-tingling Pasto Flocco run—it’s been dulled a bit in favor of ambling minimalism. — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026 Forget cows ambling in biodiverse pastures. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambling

Adjective

During the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, activists from the gay community lambasted him and his institute for the plodding pace of research on the virus.

— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
The audience was still as the band started playing a plodding rhythm.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Definition of plodding

Verb

And over the course of the last four days, Storrie and Williams have been spotted not once, not twice, but three times, each time strolling casually on the streets of that fair Canadian city.

— Max Berlinger, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2026
Other shots show the pair holding hands while strolling through the garden, posing by a statue and sitting together under a weeping willow tree.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of strolling

Verb

Mornings can easily be filled wandering the grounds, and afternoons could disappear beside one of the two pools or beneath an olive tree with a good book.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Trump's quick save for wandering toddler sets up a Biden joke that steals the show.

— , FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of wandering

Adjective

No more distractions, no more lingering questions, just a baller who loves this sport and continues to level up.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Although the treatment significantly reduced the cancer, follow-up exams showed lingering traces of the disease.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of lingering

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The 39-year-old continues to defy logic with his otherworldly performances, sauntering around in opposition territory before bursting into life and inflicting maximum damage.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026
The visuals of fighters warming up inside the White House and sauntering down the Truman balcony, many wrapped in the American flag, was an unusual spectacle indeed.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 15 June 2026

Definition of sauntering

Adjective

For this Nuggets lineup, the average comes out to a pedestrian 6-9, with three capable perimeter defenders to assist the heavy-footed centers, two 40% 3-point shooters to space the floor, and a surplus of play-making talent.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Post struggled in his first go, thrown into the fire against the best team in the league that plays a style designed to punish heavy-footed centers.

— Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025

Definition of heavy-footed

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