SKATES Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of skate

as in steeds

a physically unsound horse

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verb

present tense third-person singular of skate

as in slides

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For the dozens of NHL, minor league and college players who make their off-season homes in Minnesota, informal morning skates at various arenas throughout the Twin Cities have been going on for decades. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 July 2026 Monaghan’s character is also getting back on her feet — on ice skates. — Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 2 July 2026 In testing, the skates performed well on desk surfaces (and a variety of other spots, including my pants leg). — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026 But as Alex Ovechkin summers back home, wrestling with a decision about whether to lace up the skates for a 22nd NHL season at age 41, the news of what is happening in the American capital must have reached the Russian capital. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 26 June 2026 At a press conference on Friday, the future Hall of Famer officially hung up his skates. — Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 Skaters are encouraged to bring their own skates. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 June 2026 Olympic figure skaters Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu stopped to sign skates for children while visiting Children's Medical Center Dallas. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 Sticks, helmets, pants, gloves, skates and more will be sold at Pure Hockey. — Jason Dill june 11, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026

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From guiding the station steeds to standing watch while firefighters battled flames, Dalmatians became loyal partners in some of America’s earliest fire stations.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Here, such extended sequences of cowboys steering their steeds and working their land feel rushed.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 May 2026

Definition of steeds

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To make room for this to happen, the dining table folds against the wall and the rear bench folds and slides forward just behind the driver's seat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
Bucharest sits close to the Vrancea seismic zone, where the Eurasian tectonic plate slides beneath another in a way that can produce powerful earthquakes that are felt as far as Istanbul, Kyiv or even Moscow.

— Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026

Definition of slides

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Laurel Park The 2026 Preakness run at Laurel Park is now in the books and Winner Napoleon Solo has placed himself in the conversation as one of the top three-year-old colts in the country.

— Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.

— Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026

Definition of colts

Noun

Down at the bottom of the hill, Butch was sitting in the grass among a dozen or more stallions.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Mares use this land as a nursery, stallions retreat there to recover from injuries caused by fighting, and old horses go deep into the marsh to lay themselves to rest.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026

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