Synonyms of cruising

cruising

verb

present participle of cruise

1

as in wandering

to move about from place to place aimlessly

the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wandering
• roaming
• drifting
• strolling
• floating
• meandering
• roving
• ranging
• knocking (about)
• traipsing
• gallivanting
• sauntering
• rambling
• batting
• mooching
• ambling
• gadding (about)
• kicking around
• maundering
• dawdling
• moping
• tramping
• straying
• vagabonding
• straggling
• hoboing
• milling (about or around)

2

as in flowing

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flowing
• sailing
• drifting
• gliding
• sliding
• flying
• coasting
• rolling
• slipping
• sweeping
• racing
• brushing
• speeding
• streaming
• bowling
• rushing
• skimming
• breezing
• whisking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggling
• floundering
• stumbling
• limping
• trudging
• shuffling
• plodding
• lumbering
• stamping
• laboring
• stomping
• tramping
• toiling
• shambling
• stumping

3

as in sailing

to travel on water in a vessel

cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sailing
• boating
• ferrying
• shipping (out)
• voyaging
• navigating
• kayaking
• making sail
• coasting
• taking ship
• canoeing
• yachting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cruising

The British yard, which revealed its first catamaran at the Cannes Yachting Festival in early September, today unveiled a new flagship sailing superyacht that combines elegant design and meticulous craftsmanship with bluewater cruising capability. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 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

Still, Lyon was barely troubled cruising to victory after an eighth-minute own goal by Laia Ballesté, under pressure from Dumornay, to turn a cross by Salma Paralluelo into her own net. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Though the culture never disappeared since the heyday of cruising in the 1980s and 1990s, interest in lowriding has surged in recent years. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

The news comes one week after a pair of European and Japanese spacecraft shed its cruising platform and advanced toward Mercury. — Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Setup man Robert Suarez, a two-time All-Star, was cruising through late June until an elbow injury, which has kept him out ever since. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

But this wasn't built to be a sports car; the Elegante's party trick was effortless high-speed cruising rather than corner-carving. — New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026

The luxury cruising landscape—or seascape, rather—has grown tremendously over the past few years. — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026