MARCHING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

marching

verb

present participle of march

as in striding

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

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as in progressing

to move forward along a course bleary-eyed commuters marching off to the train station for the morning commute

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Recent Examples of marching In the House, Democrats were marching toward control after defeating six Republicans in key battleground races. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026 If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026 Hundreds of students are marching daily and riot police are on the scene. — Sarah Gidick, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026 And the state’s 67 county elections supervisors are marching in lockstep to defend the integrity of the vote. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026 Blasting local officials for failing to protect synagogues and classrooms, Terrell is marching federal prosecutors and the FBI into cities like New York and Detroit to confront rising hate crimes and enforce civil rights protections. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Presley Ann/Getty Images Huerta kept a busy schedule, marching in protests and speaking in cities across the country about race, poverty, LGBTQ+ and women's rights on behalf of her foundation. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 The sea of 100,000 people marching behind them was a wide mix of union members, students, leftists and others unhappy with Macron. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 The Dolphins started quickly, marching 76 yards on seven plays and taking their first lead in any game this season on Willis' 7-yard touchdown pass to Douglas. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for marching

Verb

Nina nodded and looked across the restaurant to watch two tall women, flight attendants, striding resolutely through the concourse, their legs in perfect rhythm.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of striding

Verb

The company said the Versace integration is progressing on track, ahead of the creative debut of Pieter Mulier in 2027.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Port Eastside’s partners are progressing toward a winter groundbreaking for work on the $90 million reuse of 111 Founders Plaza into a 19-story upscale apartment complex.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

If the idea of doing surgery on a raw turkey gives you a stress rash, ask your butcher to do it—even at the supermarket.

— Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
Even while every utopia contains the seeds of its opposite, so too does any dystopia provide, even briefly or contingently, intimations of a different way of doing things.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

For sensitive actions, including sending an email or making a purchase, Muse asks for your approval before proceeding.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
During captive-carry testing, engineers can assess equipment carried by an aircraft before proceeding to more demanding flight demonstrations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceeding

Verb

The jobs report arrives with inflation running well above the Fed's 2% target, potentially forcing central bankers to raise rates in the coming months after making no change at last week's policy meeting.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
Vikings quarterback Kyler Murray said his confidence in the the team’s offense will never waver, knowing the players around him, and believes a breakout performance is coming.

— Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

Bahl said the film centers on music, identity and belonging, and takes place in a period when a generation was forging a cultural identity of its own.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
The county party chair and operations director were charged with perjury and forgery, but the crime was forging signatures, not their strategy.

— Drew Kurlowski, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of forging

Verb

By stringing multiple kill dates of moss samples taken from different spots, scientists reconstructed a map of an advancing ice margin.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Kavanagh caught the advancing Temirov with a left uppercut, then followed with a flurry of punches to finish the bout.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026