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cruising

verb , present participle of cruise

Synonyms and Antonyms of cruising

1 to move about from place to place aimlessly

the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours

Synonyms of cruising

batting, drifting, floating, gadding (about), gallivanting (also galavanting), kicking around, knocking (about), maundering, meandering, mooching, rambling, ranging, roaming, roving, traipsing, wandering

Words Related to cruising

ambling, sauntering, strolling

dawdling, moping

gypsying, hoboing, tramping, vagabonding

milling (about or around)

straggling, straying

2 to move or proceed smoothly and readily

she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease

Synonyms of cruising

bowling, breezing, brushing, coasting, drifting, flowing, gliding, rolling, sailing, skimming, sliding, slipping, streaming, sweeping, whisking

Words Related to cruising

flying, racing, rushing, speeding

Near Antonyms of cruising

limping, lumbering, plodding, stumbling, trudging

shambling, shuffling

stamping, stomping, stumping, tramping

laboring, toiling

Antonyms of cruising

floundering, struggling

3 to travel on water in a vessel

cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht

Synonyms of cruising

boating, ferrying, navigating, sailing, shipping (out), voyaging

Words Related to cruising

canoeing, kayaking, yachting

coasting

Phrases Synonymous with cruising

making sail, taking ship

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