CRUISING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

cruising

verb

present participle of cruise

as in wandering

to move about from place to place aimlessly the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours

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as in flowing

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

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as in sailing

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

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Recent Examples of cruising Gazza, who has been cruising along all episode, doesn’t bowl the judges over with his treacle pudding or his Black Forest gâteau, which is a little bit shocking. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 If Mick hadn’t come cruising into that playground, lights off? — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 The Arlington Heights Yellowjackets continued their dominant season Friday, cruising to a dominant 71-0 victory over the North Side Steers and extending their unbeaten record. — Aliza Acuna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026 This works for normal highway cruising but creates a bottleneck during intense track use. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 The trunk-rattling track oozes bold proclamations about bag chasing, love at first sight, and cruising past his adversaries. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026 Road cyclists are sometimes cruising at speeds up to 20 or 25mph, and crashes can be deadly. — Adam Schram, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 That gives the cat a light displacement, ensuring strong sailing performance and comfortable cruising on lengthy passages. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 After a dismal outing on Sunday, the Indiana Fever got their spark back on Tuesday, cruising to a 96–77 win over the league-best Minnesota Lynx in their final game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse of the regular season. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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Verb

It is said that Hannah’s ghost is fond of wandering Spring Hill Road.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
This formation process also means that brown dwarfs are cosmic loners, wandering the darkness of space alone, bereft of the light of a parent star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of wandering

Verb

About two-thirds of S&P 500 returns since 2024 have come from 42 AI stocks and almost all of the venture dollars this year are flowing into AI, with some firms nearing trillion-dollar valuations.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
There's a substantial amount of money flowing through the political texting business, and the people sending these messages have financial reasons to keep doing it.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of flowing

Verb

Charging infrastructure at ports would supply the electricity needed for operation, allowing the concept to avoid direct carbon emissions while sailing.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Chuck Zimmerman, who is described by his supporters as a Navy veteran who was intercepted by the Russian navy while sailing in international waters.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailing

Verb

The experiment goes wrong, the Farmer disappears and a large, hairy creature begins roaming the woods around Mossingham.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
What’s most notable is the number of young people roaming around the market well before the crack of dawn, Chris says.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of roaming

Verb

Three-times married, his was to be a literary career pock-marked by substance abuse issues leading to a peripatetic existence drifting from one august institution to another.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of drifting

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The programming includes everything from live music and strolling carolers to festive crafts and local vendors.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
One early Saturday morning in June of 2025, a pair of very small raccoon cubs, about six weeks old, were strolling around the yard, exploring their world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of strolling

Verb

After a brief safety lesson on navigating the course and its cables, participants can ride a zip line into the park, gliding 60 feet above the quarry floor at speeds exceeding 30 mph.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
With a pair of real horns, one of them plays the bull by gliding toward the fuchsia bullfighting cape.

— Eyder Peralta, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

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