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 But this month, the most violent demonstrations in years — and tough policing — have raised concern about riots overshadowing hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators marching against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 State workers gathered in front of the California Department of Human Resources headquarters before marching to the state Capitol. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 France saw the largest demonstrations at the weekend, with more than 500,000 people marching. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 His comments come as oil prices have been marching upwards in recent weeks. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Despite hundreds of thousands of people marching peacefully, the weekend’s unrest led to 2,400 arrests and serious disturbances in parts of France, including looting in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Bordeaux. — Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Women continue marching down the runway in their stilettos and frothy little nothings. — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026 About 70 people gathered at Ash Creek Bridge in Bridgeport before marching to the federal building downtown. — Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 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

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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

In 2025 the hyperscalers alone poured more than $300 billion into data centers, chips, and grid capacity, and that spend is doing real work in the top-line growth figures.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
What employers are doing Kostka says there have recently been fewer health insurers in her area to choose from.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Oct. 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 flooding is just the latest from two months of on-and-off heavy rain caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The flooding is just the latest episode in two months of on-and-off heavy rain in the region caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.

— Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

Maria Dolores Roehling’s 9-year-old son was speeding on his e-motorcycle capable of going faster than 47 mph when he was hit by a pickup truck, prosecutors said.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Other fraternity members blocked Jane Doe’s friend from going upstairs to look for her, according to the lawsuit.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

And yes, in 1861, Richard Cadbury came up with the Valentine box of chocolates, thus forging an indissoluble link between candy and the lucrative holiday calendar for all time to come.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026
Eisenkot has cultivated a reputation for integrity, competence, and personal rectitude, forging relationships across Israel’s fractured political spectrum.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 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