Synonyms of walking

walking 1 of 2

adjective

as in sauntering

Related Words

• sauntering
• strolling
• traipsing
• drifting
• rambling
• migratory
• migrant
• meandering
• ambulatory
• wandering
• roaming
• ranging
• footloose
• itinerant
• nomadic
• roving
• peripatetic
• ambulant
• wayfaring
• vagrant
• peregrine
• nomad
• errant
• gallivanting
• perambulatory
• vagabond
• fugitive

Dissimilar Words

• standing
• static
• stationary
• settled
• still
• immobile
• motionless
• nonmoving

walking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of walk

1

as in treading

to go on foot

I walked slowly to school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• treading
• stepping
• strolling
• wandering
• marching
• sauntering
• hiking
• ambulating
• striding
• traipsing
• shuffling
• trotting
• padding
• trekking
• pacing
• promenading
• footing (it)
• stumbling
• stomping
• ambling
• legging (it)
• tiptoeing
• limping
• parading
• trooping
• trudging
• hoofing (it)
• trampling
• rambling
• stalking
• hobbling
• prancing
• waddling
• tramping
• tapping
• clumping
• moseying
• mincing
• strutting
• stepping out
• tripping
• perambulating
• sashaying
• lurching
• toddling
• staggering
• stumping
• power walking
• shambling
• plodding
• swaggering
• faltering
• bouncing
• scuffing
• peregrinating
• gimping
• tromping
• pounding
• footslogging
• lumbering
• pussyfooting
• nipping

2

as in striking

to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands

workers threatened to walk unless management agreed to shoulder more of the cost of health insurance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• striking
• walking out
• sitting in
• locking out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of walking

Adjective

The ranking cites Montrose's offbeat award-winning restaurants and bars that offer a look into different world cultures all within walking distance of the neighborhood as the main reason for its No. — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2019

An adjoining shopping center followed in 2018, with a Publix and shops and restaurants, including Cooper’s Hawk Winery and BurgerFi, all within walking distance of the new townhouses and apartments. — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019

Verb

One Sunday, Henrichsen assaulted an elderly couple walking along a road, knocking over an 80-year-old man and striking his wife, according to a memo compiled by the neighborhood homeowner’s association. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Children leaving practices and after-school activities could have more light, as would people walking from transit stops, running errands, exercising or cycling home. — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 23 July 2026

Phrases Containing walking

• walking out