pacing

The word “pacing” has 2 syllables: pac-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈpeɪsɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for pacing?

In the thesaurus, “pacing” has 52 synonyms and 36 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for pacing along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for pacing

  • accelerating
  • actuating
  • advancing
  • approaching
  • checking
  • coming
  • coming along
  • doing
  • driving
  • faring
  • fast-forwarding
  • filing
  • forging
  • gaining ground
  • getting along
  • getting on
  • going
  • going along
  • going off
  • goose-stepping
  • hiking
  • impelling
  • journeying
  • lumbering
  • marching
  • nearing
  • parading
  • passing
  • patrolling
  • perambulating
  • plodding
  • policing
  • proceeding
  • progressing
  • propelling
  • pushing
  • repairing
  • running
  • speeding
  • stamping
  • stepping
  • stomping
  • striding
  • taking out
  • traipsing
  • tramping
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • treading
  • trudging
  • walking
  • wending

Antonyms for pacing

  • ambling
  • arresting
  • balking
  • blocking
  • ceasing
  • checking
  • cramping
  • delaying
  • detaining
  • halting
  • hampering
  • hindering
  • holding back
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • interrupting
  • letting up
  • meandering
  • nipping
  • obstructing
  • pausing
  • rambling
  • regressing
  • remaining
  • repressing
  • retarding
  • stalling
  • standing
  • staying
  • stemming
  • stopping
  • strolling
  • stunting
  • suppressing
  • waiting
  • wandering

Meanings of pacing

  • verb
    1. To walk back and forth in a small distance.
    2. To set the speed in a race.
    3. To measure by walking.
  • noun
    1. The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing.

Example Sentences

  • The actor practiced his lines while pacing back and forth in the green room.
  • The doctor observed the patient's restless pacing as a sign of anxiety.
  • The coach emphasized the importance of strategic pacing during the marathon.
  • The teacher noticed the student's nervous pacing before the important exam.
  • The suspenseful scene in the movie had everyone on the edge of their seats, with the protagonist pacing in anticipation.

On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to pacing, such as: accelerating, actuating, advancing, ambling, approaching, arresting, balking.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gaining ground

  • accelerating
  • actuating
  • advance
  • advancing
  • approaching
  • coming
  • coming along
  • doing
  • driving
  • faring
  • fast-forwarding
  • forging
  • getting along
  • getting on
  • going
  • going along
  • going off
  • impelling
  • journeying
  • make up for lost time
  • marching
  • nearing
  • pacing
  • passing
  • pick up speed
  • press forward
  • proceed forward
  • proceeding
  • progress
  • progressing
  • propelling
  • push on
  • pushing
  • repairing
  • running
  • speeding
  • taking out
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • wending

padding

  • ambling
  • ambulating
  • amplification
  • amplifying
  • bouncing
  • buffer
  • bumper
  • caricature
  • caricaturing
  • clumping
  • coloring
  • cushion
  • dressing up
  • elaboration
  • embellishing
  • embellishment
  • embroidering
  • embroidery
  • emphasizing
  • enhancement
  • enhancing
  • exaggerating
  • exaggeration
  • expanding
  • fabrication
  • faltering
  • fender
  • fill
  • filler
  • filling
  • footslogging
  • fudging
  • gimping
  • gussying up
  • hedging
  • hiking
  • hobbling
  • hype
  • hyperbole
  • hyperbolizing
  • interlining
  • limping
  • lining
  • lumbering
  • lurching
  • magnification
  • magnifying
  • marching
  • mincing
  • misrepresentation
  • moseying
  • nipping
  • overdoing
  • overdrawing
  • overemphasizing
  • overplaying
  • overstatement
  • overstating
  • pacing
  • packing
  • pad
  • parading
  • perambulating
  • peregrinating
  • playing up
  • plodding
  • pounding
  • power walking
  • prancing
  • promenading
  • protection
  • puffery
  • pussyfooting
  • quilting
  • rambling
  • sashaying
  • satirizing
  • sauntering
  • scuffing
  • shambling
  • shuffling
  • staggering
  • stalking
  • stepping
  • stepping out
  • stomping
  • stressing
  • stretching
  • striding
  • strolling
  • strutting
  • stuffing
  • stumbling
  • stumping
  • superlative
  • swaggering
  • tapping
  • tiptoeing
  • toddling
  • traipsing
  • tramping
  • trampling
  • treading
  • trekking
  • tripping
  • tromping
  • trooping
  • trotting
  • trudging
  • wadding
  • waddling
  • walking
  • wandering

jerking

  • agitating
  • beating
  • blockhead
  • bounce
  • bucketing
  • bucking
  • bump
  • bumping
  • chattering
  • convulsing
  • dance
  • doddering
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • dope
  • dragging
  • dunce
  • fiddling
  • fidgeting
  • flick
  • flickering
  • fling
  • flip
  • flitting
  • flop
  • fluctuating
  • fluttering
  • fool
  • grab
  • grabbing
  • hitching
  • hoicking
  • hook
  • hurtle
  • idiot
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • jigging
  • jiggling
  • jogging
  • joggling
  • jolt
  • jolting
  • jouncing
  • juddering
  • lug
  • lugging
  • lurching
  • nitwit
  • numbskull
  • oscillating
  • pacing
  • palpitating
  • pit-a-patting
  • pitching
  • pitter-pattering
  • pluck
  • plucking
  • pull
  • pulling
  • pulsating
  • pulsing
  • quake
  • quaking
  • quavering
  • quiver
  • quivering
  • ripping
  • rocking
  • seize
  • shaking
  • shiver
  • shivering
  • shrug
  • shuddering
  • simpleton
  • sling
  • snag
  • snatch
  • snatching
  • squiggling
  • squirming
  • staggering
  • swaying
  • swinging
  • tearing
  • thrashing
  • threshing
  • thrilling
  • throbbing
  • throw
  • thrust
  • tossing
  • trembling
  • tug
  • tugging
  • tweak
  • tweaking
  • twisting
  • twit
  • twitch
  • twitching
  • twittering
  • undulating
  • vellicate
  • vibrating
  • wabbling
  • wavering
  • waving
  • whisk
  • wiggle
  • wiggling
  • wobbling
  • wrench
  • wrenching
  • wrest
  • wresting
  • wriggle
  • wriggling
  • wring
  • wringing
  • writhing
  • yank
  • yanking

walking

  • afoot
  • ambling
  • ambulant
  • ambulate
  • ambulating
  • ambulatory
  • bouncing
  • clumping
  • digitigrade
  • drifting
  • errant
  • faltering
  • footloose
  • footslogging
  • fugitive
  • galavanting
  • gallivanting
  • gimping
  • hiking
  • hobbling
  • itinerant
  • limping
  • locking out
  • lumbering
  • lurching
  • marching
  • meandering
  • migrant
  • migratory
  • mincing
  • moseying
  • nipping
  • nomad
  • nomadic
  • pacing
  • padding
  • parading
  • perambulating
  • perambulatory
  • peregrinating
  • peregrine
  • peripatetic
  • plantigrade
  • plodding
  • pounding
  • power walking
  • prancing
  • promenading
  • pussyfooting
  • rambling
  • ranging
  • roaming
  • roving
  • sashaying
  • sauntering
  • scuffing
  • shambling
  • shuffling
  • sitting in
  • staggering
  • stalking
  • stepping
  • stepping out
  • stomping
  • striding
  • striking
  • strolling
  • strutting
  • stumbling
  • stumping
  • swaggering
  • tapping
  • tiptoeing
  • toddling
  • traipsing
  • tramping
  • trampling
  • treading
  • trekking
  • tripping
  • tromping
  • trooping
  • trotting
  • trudging
  • vagabond
  • vagrant
  • waddling
  • walking out
  • wandering
  • wayfaring

jigging

  • fiddling
  • fidgeting
  • flitting
  • fluttering
  • jerking
  • jiggling
  • pacing
  • quaking
  • quivering
  • shaking
  • shivering
  • shuddering
  • squiggling
  • squirming
  • thrashing
  • threshing
  • tossing
  • trembling
  • twisting
  • twitching
  • twittering
  • wiggling
  • wriggling
  • writhing

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