Synonyms of tracks

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noun

plural of track

1

as in trails

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 & Similar Words

• trails
• traces
• footprints
• paths
• signs
• residues
• steps
• shadows
• imprints
• residuals
• footsteps
• reminders
• ruts
• treads
• prints
• remnants
• indications
• artifacts
• relics
• cues
• clues
• evidences
• scents
• tokens
• footmarks
• hoofprints
• vestiges
• remains
• suggestions
• remainders
• hints
• leavings
• leads
• intimations
• spoor
• telltales
• pugs
• inklings
• whiffs

2

as in paths

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 & Similar Words

• trails
• paths
• footpaths
• pathways
• roads
• traces
• walkways
• routes
• streets
• passageways
• runs
• alleys
• roadways
• thoroughfares
• lanes
• bridle paths
• shortcuts
• byways
• alleyways
• passages
• passes
• rows
• runways
• cutoffs
• towpaths
• bypaths
• byroads
• bystreets

3

as in routes

the direction along which something or someone moves

I followed the track of the thief's eyes as he watched the woman put the money into her purse and walk away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• routes
• paths
• ways
• trajectories
• steps
• courses
• pathways
• lines
• loops
• routeways
• circuits
• circles
• orbits
• arcs
• descents
• flight paths
• ascents

tracks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of track

1

as in chases

to go after or on the track of

predators stealthily tracking their prey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chases
• pursues
• traces
• follows
• trails
• courses
• accompanies
• escorts
• tails
• shadows
• tags
• dogs
• runs after
• hounds
• runs
• watches
• bird-dogs
• hunts
• eyes
• seeks
• searches (for)
• observes
• chaperones

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leads
• guides
• pilots
• heads

2

as in traverses

to make one's way through, across, or over

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traverses
• crosses
• follows
• walks
• covers
• travels
• courses
• navigates
• passes (over)
• rides
• proceeds (along)
• hikes
• cuts (across)
• transits
• treads
• perambulates
• goes
• peregrinates
• tramps
• runs
• traipses
• crisscrosses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tracks

Noun

Spain has laid some 2,400 miles of such tracks over more than three decades for its 49 million residents. — Joseph Wilson, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

One of the key questions investigators are working to answer is why the control center appeared to be unaware that a train remained stalled on the tracks ahead of a train moving at 120 mph. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Inspecting thousands of kilometers of power lines, pipelines, or rail tracks is an expensive and time-consuming business. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026

Several Americans are believed to have been injured in a high-speed train collision that killed at least 68 people in Spain on Wednesday when one train collided with another that had stopped on the tracks. — Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Her songs blend a diverse range of genres — including urban, pop, regional Mexican, alternative rock and even bolero — with lyrics that span from existential themes to tracks filled with humor and unexpected imagery. — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2026

Many of these 13 tracks have popped up as demos in Jensen’s live shows or NTS sets, cooking down to their essence in plain sight. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026

The tracks, the engineers, the data, the media attention, the sheer amount of racing—the Formula 1 World Championship consists of twenty-plus races, on five continents, in nine months. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

The causeway was narrower then, George says, with trolley tracks running across it and Biscayne Bay on either side. — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Verb

Sudan Doctors Network, another group that tracks violence, gave a lower death toll and said the attack was from shelling. — Yassir Abdalla, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

Jeff Stotts, an athletic trainer who runs a site that tracks sports injuries, wrote that since 2005, just one player had sustained a torn labrum like Wallace’s and returned later that season. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026

The system tracks these changes to calculate muscle length and velocity, enabling the prosthetic controller to direct limb movement. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

There are 145 statewide ballot measures on the November ballot, according to Ballotpedia, which tracks elections. — Jahd Khalil, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

This is one of the key metrics by which Google tracks its own performance. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026

Spire Global tracks navigation data accuracy for aviation purposes. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026

After Esther’s soul-searching decision to separate, the third season of the show, now streaming, tracks the fallout of their life apart. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Christy tracks down Calvin Settlemeyer (Andy Grotelueschen), the former team leader, now running a vineyard on land not far from where Christy’s grandfather once owned a chicken farm. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing tracks

• make tracks