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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in progressing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of marching 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 Back then, with no off-ramp in sight in the Middle East, oil was marching higher, stoking inflation fears, and bond yields went along for the ride. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Photograph by Brenda Bazán for TIME On July 4th—the 250th anniversary of America’s independence—Senate candidates in other states were marching in parades, waving miniature Stars and Stripes, and brandishing sparklers. — Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Sep. 2026 Many English, Welsh and Scottish people and most Irish people remained Catholic and thus opposed to the official religion, but the state churches were marching steadily away from them and toward fundamentalist revolution. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 The scoring started innocently enough, Stockton marching the team 79 yards on an 11-play workmanlike touchdown drive. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 Trailing 14-10 at halftime, TCU was in great position to retake the lead after marching to the red zone on its first possession of the second half. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2026 The Royals were marching toward a postseason berth and yet McArthur was going to miss out. — Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for marching

Verb

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

Verb

The stiffest competition comes on the wing, where the Lakers lauded their depth between offseason additions Quentin Grimes, Collin Sexton, Matisse Thybulle and Williams, rookie Cameron Carr and progressing second-year forward Adou Thiero.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Patterson will give quarterly updates to the council on how the pilot is progressing.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

While this is a step in the right direction, Illinois needs to take a more proactive approach to lower the cost of doing business and keep the top industry in Illinois competitive.

— Bernarda Malevska, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
What are polling firms doing to address the threat of partisan nonresponse?

— Scott Clement, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

Several council members voiced unease about proceeding without a better sense of the LAPD’s internal policy on license plate reader use.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
The responsible response was to pause, assemble multidisciplinary expertise, challenge the assumptions and require further validation before proceeding.

— Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceeding

Verb

The island has hosted a Ground Self-Defense Force garrison since 2016, while Tokyo has plans to add additional air-defense capabilities in the coming years.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
The man’s identity was expected to be released by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office in the coming days.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

John only found peace by giving up the ring, turning down the gig, and forging his own path.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026
Building materials tough enough for these extreme conditions usually demand heavy industrial processing, such as repeatedly rolling or forging hot metal.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of forging

Verb

The awards spotlight those who commit to advancing justice worldwide while often taking on great personal risk.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026
Isaias after first crossing the Gulf of Mexico, traveled through Florida and is advancing to Alabama.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026