Synonyms of marches

marches 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of march

as in borders

a region along the dividing line between two countries

when it was first built, this castle protected what was then the country's northern march

Synonyms & Similar Words

• borders
• frontiers
• borderlands
• no-man's-lands

marches

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noun (2)

plural of march

as in processions

forward movement in time or place

the march of time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• processions
• progresses
• advances
• processes
• progressions
• advancements
• goings
• flows
• passages
• leaps
• headways
• steps
• streams
• onrushes
• approaches
• furtherances
• drifts
• comings
• strides
• currents
• arrivals
• jumps
• fluxes
• bounds
• ways
• advents
• momentums
• momenta
• impetuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retreats
• regressions
• recessions
• recesses
• returns
• ebbs
• retrogressions
• regresses
• reversals
• reverses
• retractions
• refluxes
• backwashes
• turnarounds
• turnabouts
• about-faces

marches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of march

1

as in strides

to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group

the band had to practice for hours to be able to march in perfect step

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strides
• parades
• files
• steps
• paces
• stomps
• treads
• traipses
• hikes
• trudges
• goose-steps
• stamps
• perambulates
• tramps
• plods
• lumbers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wanders
• meanders
• strolls
• ambles
• rambles

2

as in progresses

to move forward along a course

bleary-eyed commuters marching off to the train station for the morning commute

Synonyms & Similar Words

• progresses
• goes
• proceeds
• does
• comes
• paces
• forges
• advances
• comes along
• goes off
• fares
• goes along
• gets on
• gets along
• travels
• gains ground
• speeds
• approaches
• pushes
• drives
• accelerates
• journeys
• wends
• passes
• repairs
• nears
• runs
• propels
• fast-forwards
• impels
• actuates
• takes out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stands
• remains
• stops
• stays
• arrests
• blocks
• stems
• checks
• halts
• hinders
• slows (down or up)
• impedes
• obstructs
• interrupts
• retards
• stalls
• delays
• represses
• suppresses
• pauses
• balks
• holds back
• detains
• ceases
• hampers
• inhibits
• stunts
• waits
• nips
• cramps
• regresses
• lets up