1
as in chased
to seek out (game) for food or sport
lions stalking gazelles on the plains
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
2
as in strutted
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the irate customer stalked off in a huff
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of stalked
This is just one in a sweaty dungeon of hundreds of TikTok videos that show women being stalked, grabbed, tortured, tossed to the ground, and handcuffed by scary masked soldiers.
—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
In 2019, Masterson's accusers filed another lawsuit claiming that they were stalked and intimidated after their initial action two years prior.
—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
The tale begins in high suspense, with 53-year-old Daphne and her husband, Jonathan, seemingly being stalked while visiting New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
17 June 2026
Police say Bunn stalked and harassed the woman in a blue Chevrolet Silverado and would park in areas to watch and follow her.
—
Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Campion has a knack for unsettling timing and imagery while, with a killer on the loose, Ryan has to contend with possibly being stalked and gore that needs to be seen to be believed.
—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Knick and Bill stalked a good buck but couldn’t get within range.
—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
But all of it—the trees, the wildlife, the assemblage of diversity in both life and death through which Jacobs stalked in 1867—all of it was in a last gasp for existence.
—
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Praearcturus gigas stalked the region’s floodplains about 415 million years ago, during the Early Devonian.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
In 2019, Masterson's accusers filed another lawsuit claiming that they were stalked and intimidated after their initial action two years prior.
—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
The tale begins in high suspense, with 53-year-old Daphne and her husband, Jonathan, seemingly being stalked while visiting New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
17 June 2026
Police say Bunn stalked and harassed the woman in a blue Chevrolet Silverado and would park in areas to watch and follow her.
—
Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Campion has a knack for unsettling timing and imagery while, with a killer on the loose, Ryan has to contend with possibly being stalked and gore that needs to be seen to be believed.
—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Knick and Bill stalked a good buck but couldn’t get within range.
—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
But all of it—the trees, the wildlife, the assemblage of diversity in both life and death through which Jacobs stalked in 1867—all of it was in a last gasp for existence.
—
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Praearcturus gigas stalked the region’s floodplains about 415 million years ago, during the Early Devonian.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
Verb
-
Perhaps the problem arose from the extravagant expectations of American life, the sense that bad luck will always be chased by good fortune and that the poor man is merely someone who has yet to strike it rich.
-
What is the metaphor for young people being chased by monsters really about?
Verb
-
Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Sarah Michelle Gellar strutted in the purple platform boots of the fashionable and upbeat Daphne Blake in both live-action Scooby-Doo flicks.
-
The 53-year-old model strutted her stuff in Miami Beach, Florida wearing a set of equally stunning one-piece swimsuits.
Verb
-
Dragic was hunted as much defensively as Herro.
-
Wild beavers went extinct in the UK around 400 years ago, as humans hunted them for their fur, meat and scent gland secretions, which have a musky, vanilla-like fragrance and were used as food flavoring and in perfumes.
Verb
-
As Misiorowski strode to the mound for the ninth inning, the capacity crowd of 40,205 rose in unison to cheer for the 24-year-old right-hander in what turned out to be one of the most impressive performances in franchise history.
-
As Misiorowski strode to the mound for the ninth inning, the capacity crowd of 40,205 rose in unison to cheer for the 24-year-old right-hander in what turned out to be one of the most impressive performances in franchise history.
Verb
-
Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
-
Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.
Verb
-
At last Sun Ra sashayed onstage.
-
Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko and troupe member Marcquet Hill sashayed their way onto Tuesday's episode of the long-running CBS soap as a couple of hip-thrusting bachelorette party dancers.
Verb
-
Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.
Cite this Entry
“Stalked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalked. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
