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

After Nathaniel Lowe's single, Rays manager Kevin Cash brought in struggling left-hander Ian Seymour, who promptly loaded the bases by walking Travis Bazzana. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026

In the police report, the officer noted that the 5-year-old was walking unattended about a half-mile from his home, in close proximity to a pond. — Jennifer L. Brinkley, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing walking

• walking out