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track

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of track

1 a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it

  • a muddy track across the kitchen floor
Synonyms of track

imprint, trace, trail
Words Related to track

footmark, footprint, footstep, hoofprint, path, print, pug, rut, step, tread

artifact, evidence, leavings, relic, remain(s), remainder, reminder, remnant, residual, residue, sign, spoor, telltale, token, vestige

clue, cue, hint, indication, inkling, intimation, lead, suggestion

scent, shadow, whiff

2 a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps

  • there was still a faint track through the underbrush that indicated where the path used to be
Synonyms of track

footpath, path, pathway, trace, trail
Words Related to track

bridle path

towpath

alley, alleyway, bypath, byroad, bystreet, byway, passageway, walkway

cutoff, shortcut

lane, pass, passage, road, roadway, route, row, run, runway, street, thoroughfare

3 the direction along which something or someone moves

  • I followed the track of the thiefʼs eyes as he watched the woman put the money into her purse and walk away
Synonyms of track

course, line, path, pathway, route, routeway [chiefly British], steps, way
Words Related to track

circle, circuit, loop, orbit

arc, flight path, trajectory

ascent, descent

Synonym Discussion of track

trace, vestige, track mean a perceptible sign made by something that has passed. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect.
    • the killer left no traces
vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone.
    • boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age
track implies a continuous line that can be followed.
    • the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs

track

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of track

1 to go after or on the track of

  • predators stealthily tracking their prey
Synonyms of track

bird-dog, chase, course, dog, follow, hound, pursue, run, shadow, tag, tail, trace, trail
Words Related to track

accompany, chaperone (or chaperon), escort

hunt, search (for), seek

eye, observe, watch
Phrases Synonymous with track

run after
Near Antonyms of track

head
Antonyms of track

guide, lead, pilot

2 to make oneʼs way through, across, or over

  • once upon a time, millions of buffalo tracked the wide open plains
Synonyms of track

course, cover, cross, cut (across), follow, go, navigate, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), transit, travel, traverse
Words Related to track

hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk

ride, run

crisscross

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  1. See words that rhyme with track Dictionary: Definition of track Spanish Central: Translation of track Nglish: Translation of track for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of track for Arabic speakers

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