HIKED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

hiked

verb

past tense of hike

as in strolled

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure she hiked along the trail around the pond

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as in lifted

to move from a lower to a higher place or position with a determined look, he hiked his trousers up and buckled down to work

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Recent Examples of hiked The stock pared its losses after the bank hiked its net interest income guidance for 2026. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 Big tech stocks had been rising since 2009, but began to falter four years ago, as the Fed aggressively hiked rates. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 Insurance companies in Michigan hiked individual marketplace rates by an average of 20%. — Kate Wells, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Much of the focus on Wall Street will be on the release of minutes from the last meeting of the Federal Reserve, where the nation's benchmark interest rate was hiked for the first time in three years. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 She was forcibly removed on a stretcher after the private investment company, which owns the building in Madrid’s upmarket Retito district, hiked her rent from €500 ($560) to €2,650 ($2,970) – an amount that was unaffordable for the pensioner. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 In July, the government hiked some tourist visa prices by more than 400%. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026 Swift hiked the 2,000-mile trail twice, 30 years apart, in order to write the book. — Longreads, 24 Sep. 2026 Just this year, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV and YouTube Premium have all also hiked their subscription fees. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

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Then, one cool afternoon toward the end of October, two bucks strolled out into the corn 200 yards down the fence.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Beachgoers strolled with coffee in hand, went for morning runs and walked their dogs.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of strolled

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That flattened front-end design is lifted loosely from the GT1 Le Mans racer, while the back half has tinges of the 959.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026
Motorists, fed up with the second malfunction of the week, got out of their cars and lifted the arms so others could drive under, either venturing into or out of the Folsom Boulevard commuter traffic.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Later in the inning, Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia walked in the tying run (credited to starter Tyler Glasnow for having initially loaded the bases).

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Finklea and his friend Ira Williams, 70, were shot to death when someone walked up to Finklea’s car along Northwest 30th Avenue and fired more than a dozen shots.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of walked

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The row reached the competition jury’s press conference the day after the opening ceremony, where a reporter raised the question of historical fact and creative freedom.

— Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Alternatively, funding is raised by high-yield corporate bond issuance or private credit borrowing.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of raised

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Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of wandered

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Republicans and Democrats alike say the purchase will help Russia execute its war against Ukraine — without making a difference to global fuel prices, which are elevated mostly due to Trump’s war on Iran.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
But the board decided that Niinamiâ€™s resignation was necessary, and elevated Torii from his role as president, which heâ€™d assumed just a few months earlier.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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