Synonyms of steps

steps 1 of 2

noun

plural of step

as in path

the direction along which something or someone moves

their steps led them through a long corridor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• path
• route
• way
• pathway
• trajectory
• course
• track
• line
• routeway
• descent
• loop
• circle
• circuit
• orbit
• arc
• flight path
• ascent

steps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of step

1

as in walks

to go on foot

I stepped across the street for a quick lunch at the new diner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• walks
• treads
• strolls
• pads
• wanders
• hoofs (it)
• strides
• legs (it)
• marches
• traipses
• ambulates
• paces
• foots (it)
• saunters
• hikes
• shuffles
• treks
• promenades
• steps out
• trots
• troops
• power walks
• ambles
• tiptoes
• clumps
• stomps
• parades
• tramples
• stumbles
• prances
• sashays
• trudges
• moseys
• taps
• rambles
• hobbles
• waddles
• stumps
• minces
• toddles
• lurches
• perambulates
• stalks
• peregrinates
• limps
• struts
• swaggers
• pussyfoots
• trips
• tramps
• staggers
• shambles
• plods
• scuffs
• falters
• gimps
• footslogs
• tromps
• pounds
• bounces
• lumbers
• nips

2

as in dances

to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music

she was in her element, happily stepping around the dance floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dances
• hoofs (it)
• foots (it)
• shuffles
• prances
• waltzes
• struts
• shakes a leg
• trips
• tap-dances
• treads
• trips the light fantastic
• mambos
• shimmies
• jigs
• bops
• boogies
• gavottes
• boogeys
• jives
• twists
• shags
• fox-trots
• tangos
• jitterbugs
• polkas

3

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

many people wanted to linger before the president's bier, but guards kept the line of mourners stepping forward

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• hurries
• scurries
• races
• rushes
• travels
• trots
• drives
• zips
• jumps
• flies
• chases
• runs
• scoots
• dashes
• buzzes
• jogs
• tears
• scuttles
• blows
• darts
• bowls
• courses
• hustles
• barrels
• zooms
• steps on it
• bolts
• rips
• careers
• rams
• blasts
• cracks (on)
• hastens
• motors
• whirls
• blazes
• shoots
• hurtles
• humps
• jets
• whisks
• belts
• breezes
• beats it
• rustles
• bustles
• hies
• bundles
• hurls
• makes tracks
• careens
• hares
• nips
• rockets
• gallops
• bombs
• pelts
• highballs
• gets a move on
• cannonballs
• shakes a leg
• hotfoots (it)
• sprints
• steps out
• scampers
• flits
• accelerates
• streaks
• stampedes
• whizzes
• beetles
• scuffles
• scuds
• quickens
• arrows
• overtakes
• outstrips
• outruns
• outpaces
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• lags
• creeps
• drags
• pokes
• hangs (around or out)
• lingers
• strolls
• pokes
• loiters
• shuffles
• dawdles
• ambles
• saunters
• tarries
• slows (down or up)
• dallies
• plods
• lumbers
• decelerates
• dillydallies