PACED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

paced

verb

past tense of pace

as in marched

to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade

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as in progressed

to move forward along a course the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement

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Recent Examples of paced The frame narrative, involving Johnny befriending Toby, a Black boy his age on the plantation, Uncle Remus, and a white-trash girl, Ginny, who is bullied by her brothers, is stilted and poorly paced. —

Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 The whole thing is perfectly paced and well written. —

Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Obi Toppin paced Indiana with 26 points, nine rebounds and three assists. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026 Jesse Peno paced things offensively, sniping six goals while dishing out a pair of assists as Nauset coasted to a 20-8 romp of Cape and Islands League rival Sandwich. —

Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for paced

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Verb

Thousands of high school and university students marched through the Czech capital on Wednesday to protest against a government plan to overhaul and reduce funding for public radio and television.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Dressed in black and pink, members of the crowd marched from Harrison Park to the Chicago Police Department’s 12th District precinct, calling out the name of 22-year-old Marcela Herrera.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026