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noun

Definition of cruisenext
as in voyage
a journey over water in a vessel took a luxury cruise for their first wedding anniversary

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verb

ˈkrüz How to pronounce cruise (audio)
1
as in to wander
to move about from place to place aimlessly the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours

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2
as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease

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3
as in to sail
to travel on water in a vessel cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht

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Recent Examples of cruise
Noun
Readers recommend a cruise on Lake Champlain or seeing the foliage at Smugglers' Notch. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 The spokesperson said the cruise line will refrain from commenting further out of respect for the ongoing police investigation. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
The Horned Frogs have more than enough firepower to cruise to a victory, but a lack of focus could make this matchup closer than anticipated. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2026 Cubs starter Clay Holmes cruised through five scoreless innings. — CBS News, 12 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cruise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruise
  1. voyage
  2. wander
  3. flow
  4. sail
  5. roam
  6. glide
  7. boat
  8. stroll
Noun
  • Sixty years after television audiences first tuned in to see the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, an astronaut on board the International Space Station has paid tribute to Star Trek by flying the badge of the franchise’s latest fictional captain.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Critics and readers have often viewed Gulliver’s third voyage as a moment when Swift chose the wrong subject to satire.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of voyage
Verb
  • The crawlers wander about the plants for a short period of time and then begin to feed and create a waxy covering.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Customers accidentally wandered in, thinking the restaurant was already open.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of wander
Verb
  • That data flows into BlindSquare, which provides spoken alerts in 26 languages about hazards roughly 10 meters ahead.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Tears and emotions flowed after the game as Lewis’ family embraced the team.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of flow
Verb
  • And a 26-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin arrived aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle, which had sailed from England nearly four years earlier on a mission to chart South America.
    — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 14, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The onslaught effectively forced the container shipping industry to avoid the Suez Canal altogether, with ocean carriers instead opting to sail a longer route around southern Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of sail
Verb
  • To go somewhere and have your entire family dressed in Spider-Man regalia, roaming the streets of San Diego.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Those tiny fuzzballs may look cute, but left to roam free indoors, mice can cause serious problems.
    — Lauren Murphy, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of roam
Verb
  • Metromover right outside to glide over to the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) or the Frost Museum of Science in downtown.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • JoJo, Messing and Newport quickly whipped out their phones to capture videos of the models gliding down the runway and posing right in front of them before continuing their trek around Cipriani in downtown Manhattan.
    — Anika Reed, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of glide
Verb
  • In 2017, Clear Lake’s dire condition led the state to establish a blue ribbon commission, with tribal participation, focused on cleaning up the lake to bolster the local boating and fishing economy.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Game wardens did arrest nine people across Georgia for boating under the influence, the majority of whom were at Lake Lanier.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of boat
Verb
  • But Jon Hamm, strolling up to present the next award, got the better joke in.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The setting is contemporary Paris in crisis, when civil unrest, rather amorphously presented apart from increasing numbers of military on the streets, makes evening strolls potentially problematic.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of stroll

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“Cruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruise. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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