GOOSE-STEPPING Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

goose-stepping

verb

present participle of goose-step

as in stomping

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Handclaps, stomping percussion and a communal chorus create the kind of infectious energy that naturally gets people moving.

— qygwork, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
The clip then pans to a warm fire, and someone, presumably Meghan, stomping in rain boots in the mud.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomping

Verb

Hawke remembers his 19-year-old self trudging through snowy Alaska for White Fang.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Half of the game's length is swallowed up by me trudging from point A to point B while characters yap endlessly about the current goings-on.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of trudging

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That car became a rally staple, training a generation of drivers, including the French legend Jean Ragnotti, and stamping its double white stripe into motorsport folklore.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
This metal punch press mold functions like slices of bread in a sandwich, stamping hot plastic sheets into lightweight thermoplastic aircraft doors.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of stamping

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What Brian and Dougal don’t know is that Lovat has actually double-crossed the MacKenzies; Lovat has secretly aligned with the Crown to betray the Jacobite forces, marching both men directly into a deadly trap.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
From feeding hobos on the back porch in the night in the Great Depression to marching against wars for oil in the Eighties and Nineties.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of marching

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The film is instead, in its strange and sometimes plodding manner, a call to simply sit and think about the contradictions of human character.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
In addition to sizzling 115-degree days, Las Vegas’ famous resorts and casinos are plodding through a tourism slump.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of plodding

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Rossi is deeply inspired by Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, the Futurist sculpture of a figure striding forward, its body fragmented into aerodynamic forms that suggest speed and movement.

— Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
The monumental Lady in Blue depicts a young Black woman striding forward with purpose in a blue dress and heels, her gaze directed ahead of her.

— News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of striding

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The combination of Rykman's extended jams, psychedelic light show and joyous energy made the concert feel less like simply watching a band perform and more like temporarily stepping away for the normal day-to-day.

— Steve Spaleta, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
And yet, what reaction is more gratifying than residents of all stripes stepping outside to do something about it?

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of stepping

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