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 That’s when Stafford got to work, marching Los Angeles 63 yards in only eight plays for the game-tying score with only five seconds left on the clock. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 Monday night’s childish spectacle saw Jackson marching into the midfield, losing his cool, and throwing a bare-knuckle punch at Chubb. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 When San Franciscans first started marching in the Italian Heritage Parade, the Civil War had ended just three years prior. — John Ramos, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 This October, the nonprofit LUMA8’s Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade returns to its original location along Columbus Drive for its 12th year, with the parade stepping off at Balbo Drive and marching north through Jackson Boulevard. — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 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

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

Regional integration is progressing alongside physical infrastructure.

— Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Trade under its new terms is progressing, but governments still have a long way to go to implement it fully, including by harmonizing trade rules, tariffs, and customs procedures.

— Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

Any company doing a div-recap is likely taking a forward-looking view that the IPO market will be closed in the short run.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor Donaldson, 60, was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offenses for witnessing the abuse and doing nothing to intervene.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 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 Bears come into the game at 3-1, with their lone loss coming against the divisional foes, the Vikings.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Coastal flooding will remain the biggest concern for the region in the coming days, particularly for south-facing shores, given the combination of high tides, a higher-than-typical water level and the arriving tropical storm.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

Ryu wins the first time, but the brothers have a falling out and start a beef with a demon named Akuna before going their separate ways.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
The company explicitly framed the ultra-high-tech monster as the roadmap for a rollout of seven new road-going models destined for global markets over the next four years.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

Givenchy was also fascinating, as Marco de Vincenzo is forging a new language for accessories there.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
This latest round of funding supports an exciting range of projects from emerging creatives forging new paths to established voices exploring new creative territory.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 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