Synonyms of strides

strides 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stride

as in marches

to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group

a gang of armed men strode into the bank and approached the teller

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marches
• steps
• paces
• files
• parades
• treads
• stomps
• traipses
• hikes
• goose-steps
• perambulates
• trudges
• stamps
• tramps
• lumbers
• plods

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolls
• wanders
• meanders
• ambles
• rambles

strides

2 of 2

noun

plural of stride

as in steps

Related Words

• steps
• leaps
• bounds
• jumps
• approaches
• arrivals
• comings
• advances
• flows
• momenta
• advents
• marches
• advancements
• streams
• currents
• headways
• processes
• impetuses
• drifts
• progressions
• ways
• fluxes
• goings
• progresses
• processions
• passages
• furtherances
• onrushes

Dissimilar Words

• regressions
• retreats
• recessions
• recesses
• returns
• retrogressions
• reversals
• ebbs
• retractions
• reverses
• regresses
• turnarounds
• refluxes
• backwashes
• turnabouts
• about-faces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of strides

Verb

Coach Chilton strides in, strikingly different from the coach Rebecca’s used to having stride into her office. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Your father strides into the dining room, harried, shiny black hair parted to one side, his fingers buttoning the cuffs of his starched white collared shirt. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

Nick Sirianni strides across the asphalt at a breezy pace, seemingly as serene as an on-the-job NFL head coach can ever be. — Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026

Throughout, the show’s trademark surreality and sense of play allowed Sweeney to act out massive emotional swings and to edge into the absurd, as in a sequence where Cassie strides through Los Angeles, towering over buildings and dominating the men below. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026

Mark Bradford strides by with a beneficent smile — towering over everyone, including AI art maker Refik Anadol. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026

But perhaps no rock god ever went full Heathcliff the way Cliff Richard did for this 1996 musical, a stage production (with songs by John Farrar and Tim Rice) that re-creates scenes from the novel while Richard, as Heathcliff, strides through like a lordly narrator-protagonist. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026

Out with a potential love interest one evening, in a packed Manhattan comedy club, Tess is startled when Alex strides up to the microphone. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025

Noun

Bolt takes shorter strides than a human runner but makes up for it with a much faster stride rhythm. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026