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cruise

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cruise

a journey over water in a vessel
  • took a luxury cruise for their first wedding anniversary
Synonyms of cruise

crossing, passage, sail, voyage

cruise

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cruise

1 to move about from place to place aimlessly
  • The girls happily cruised around the mall for hours.
Synonyms of cruise

bat, drift, float, gad (about), gallivant (also galavant), kick around, knock (about), maunder, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, traipse, wander
Words Related to cruise

amble, saunter, stroll

dawdle, mope

gypsy, hobo, tramp, vagabond

mill (about or around)

straggle, stray
2 to move or proceed smoothly and readily
  • She's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease.
Synonyms of cruise

bowl, breeze, brush, coast, drift, flow, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk
Words Related to cruise

fly, race, rush, speed
Near Antonyms of cruise

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

labor, toil
Antonyms of cruise

flounder, struggle
3 to travel on water in a vessel
  • cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht
Synonyms of cruise

boat, ferry, navigate, sail, ship (out), voyage
Words Related to cruise

canoe, kayak, yacht

coast
Phrases Synonymous with cruise

make sail, take ship

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