Synonyms of stalk

stalk

verb

1

as in to hunt

to seek out (game) for food or sport

lions stalking gazelles on the plains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hunt
• chase
• trap
• kill
• capture
• snare
• pursue
• track
• drag
• hawk
• trail
• dog
• course
• shoot
• ferret
• hound
• net
• run down
• cull
• gun (for)
• run
• poach
• harpoon
• spoor

2

as in to strut

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements

the irate customer stalked off in a huff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strut
• prance
• stride
• sashay
• tiptoe
• swagger
• tread
• mince
• shuffle
• step
• pad
• sweep
• traipse
• parade
• lurch
• flounce
• promenade
• pussyfoot
• stagger
• pace
• shamble
• lumber
• pound

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stalk

The first episode started with poor Struan Loy getting stalked and later torched alive by a pair of Russian assassins as relentless and seemingly unkillable as Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Women holding local office across the country report increasing levels of harassment and threats, such as Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, who was subjected to stalking this year. — Emma Schroeder, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026

Director Robert Eggers delivers a taut, terrifying period piece with this tale of a 17th-century New England family expelled from their village and stalked by a witch — a movie that also put the then-fledgling studio A24 on the map. — David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

Russian drones stalk Kramatorsk, the largest population center, hunting civilians around the clock. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026