walk

The word “walk” has 1 syllable: walk

It's pronounced as /wɔːk/


What is synonym and antonym for walk?

In the thesaurus, “walk” has 201 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for walk

  • advance
  • airing
  • aisle
  • alameda
  • alley
  • ambit
  • amble
  • ambulate
  • amplitude
  • arcade
  • area
  • arena
  • avenue
  • bailiwick
  • barony
  • boardwalk
  • boulevard
  • bounce
  • breadth
  • bricks
  • business
  • bypath
  • byway
  • calling
  • canter
  • career
  • carriage
  • catwalk
  • circle
  • circuit
  • cloister
  • clump
  • colonnade
  • compass
  • confine
  • constitutional
  • course
  • court
  • crossing
  • demesne
  • department
  • discipline
  • domain
  • dominion
  • element
  • escort
  • esplanade
  • excursion
  • exercise
  • expedition
  • extent
  • falter
  • fief
  • fiefdom
  • field
  • file
  • firmament
  • foot
  • footpath
  • footslog
  • front
  • frontier
  • gait
  • galleria
  • gallery
  • game
  • gangway
  • gimp
  • go
  • go on foot
  • hike
  • hit the road
  • hobble
  • hoof it
  • jaunt
  • junket
  • ken
  • kingdom
  • knock about
  • lane
  • lead
  • leg
  • limp
  • line
  • lock out
  • locomote
  • lumber
  • lurch
  • mall
  • march
  • meander
  • metier
  • mince
  • mosey
  • nip
  • occupation
  • outing
  • pace
  • pad
  • parade
  • paseo
  • passage
  • path
  • patrol
  • pavement
  • perambulate
  • perambulation
  • peregrinate
  • peregrination
  • pier
  • pilgrimage
  • platform
  • plaza
  • plod
  • pound
  • power walk
  • prance
  • precinct
  • profession
  • progress
  • promenade
  • province
  • pursuit
  • pussyfoot
  • race
  • racket
  • ramble
  • range
  • reach
  • realm
  • road
  • roam
  • rove
  • run
  • safari
  • sally
  • sashay
  • saunter
  • schlepp
  • scope
  • scuff
  • shamble
  • shuffle
  • sidewalk
  • sit in
  • slog
  • specialty
  • sphere
  • spin
  • stagger
  • stalk
  • step
  • step out
  • stomp
  • street
  • stretch
  • stride
  • strike
  • stroll
  • strut
  • study
  • stumble
  • stump
  • subfield
  • subject
  • subspecialty
  • swagger
  • sweep
  • take a walk
  • tap
  • terrain
  • territory
  • tiptoe
  • toddle
  • tour
  • track
  • trade
  • trail
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • trample
  • travel
  • travel on foot
  • traversal
  • traverse
  • tread
  • trek
  • trip
  • tromp
  • troop
  • trot
  • trudge
  • turf
  • turn
  • vocation
  • waddle
  • walk out
  • walkabout
  • walkway
  • wander
  • width

Antonyms for walk

  • amusement
  • avocation
  • entertainment
  • fun
  • hobby
  • ignore
  • lose
  • obey
  • pastime
  • recreation
  • stay
  • stop
  • tiptoe

Meanings of walk

  • verb
    1. To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
    2. To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
    3. Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
    4. (of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.
    5. To travel (a distance) by walking.
    6. To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
    7. To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
    8. To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
    9. To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
    10. To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
    11. To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
    12. To leave, resign.
    13. To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
    14. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
    15. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
    16. To be in motion; to act; to move.
    17. To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
    18. (hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
  • noun
    1. A trip made by walking.
    2. A distance walked.
    3. An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
    4. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
    5. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
    6. A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.
    7. An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".
    8. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
    9. (Belize) An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.
    10. A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
    11. An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
    12. A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.
    13. Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
    14. A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).

Example Sentences

  • Walk slowly along the path and enjoy the beauty of nature around you.
  • She likes to walk her dog in the park every morning.
  • Let's take a leisurely walk by the beach and watch the sunset.
  • He decided to walk to work instead of taking the bus to get some exercise.
  • Walk carefully on the icy sidewalk to avoid slipping.

On this page you'll find 214 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to walk, such as: advance, airing, aisle, alameda, alley, ambit, amble.

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

Related Words

gait

pace

  • accelerate
  • acceleration
  • actuate
  • advance
  • alacrity
  • ambulate
  • approach
  • beat
  • bounce
  • celerity
  • clip
  • come
  • come along
  • count
  • determine
  • dispatch
  • do
  • downbeat
  • drive
  • expedition
  • expeditiousness
  • fare
  • fast-forward
  • fastness
  • file
  • fleetness
  • foot it
  • footstep
  • forge
  • gain ground
  • gait
  • get along
  • get on
  • getalong
  • go
  • go along
  • go off
  • goose-step
  • haste
  • hastiness
  • hike
  • hoof it
  • hurry
  • hustle
  • impel
  • journey
  • lick
  • lumber
  • march
  • mark out
  • measure
  • momentum
  • motion
  • movement
  • near
  • parade
  • pass
  • patrol
  • perambulate
  • plod
  • pound
  • precipitation
  • precipitousness
  • proceed
  • progress
  • promptitude
  • promptness
  • propel
  • push
  • quickness
  • rapidity
  • rapidness
  • rate
  • repair
  • run
  • rush
  • speed
  • speediness
  • stamp
  • step
  • step off
  • stomp
  • stride
  • swiftness
  • take out
  • tempo
  • time
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • travel
  • tread
  • troop
  • trot
  • trudge
  • velocity
  • walk
  • walk up and down
  • warp speed
  • wend

pad

  • McMansion
  • Murphy bed
  • RV
  • abode
  • accommodations
  • album
  • amble
  • ambulate
  • amplify
  • apartment
  • apartment house
  • augment
  • baffle
  • barracks
  • barricade
  • bassinet
  • bed
  • bedstead
  • billet
  • block
  • boardinghouse
  • booklet
  • bounce
  • buffer
  • bulk
  • bumper
  • bungalow
  • bunk
  • bunk bed
  • cabin
  • caricature
  • carry-cot
  • casita
  • castle
  • chalet
  • clump
  • cocoon
  • color
  • condo
  • condominium
  • coop
  • cordon
  • cot
  • cottage
  • couch
  • countryseat
  • cradle
  • creep
  • crib
  • cushion
  • cushioning
  • daybed
  • diggings
  • digs
  • domicile
  • dorm
  • dormitory
  • doss
  • double-wide
  • dress up
  • duplex
  • dwelling
  • embellish
  • embroider
  • emphasize
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • estate
  • exaggerate
  • expand
  • falter
  • farmhouse
  • feather bed
  • fender
  • fill
  • fill out
  • fireside
  • flat
  • flesh out
  • flophouse
  • footslog
  • four-poster
  • fudge
  • futon
  • gimp
  • go barefoot
  • grange
  • gussy up
  • habitation
  • hacienda
  • hall
  • hammock
  • hangout
  • hay
  • hearth
  • hearthstone
  • hedge
  • hermitage
  • hideout
  • hike
  • hive
  • hobble
  • home
  • homestead
  • hooch
  • hootch
  • house
  • house trailer
  • houseboat
  • housing
  • hovel
  • hut
  • hutch
  • hyperbolize
  • increase
  • inflate
  • jotter
  • kip
  • lair
  • layout
  • lengthen
  • limp
  • line
  • lodgement
  • lodging
  • lodging house
  • lodgment
  • lumber
  • lurch
  • magnify
  • manor
  • manor house
  • manse
  • mansion
  • march
  • mattress
  • memorandum
  • mince
  • mobile home
  • mosey
  • motor home
  • muffler
  • nest
  • nip
  • notebook
  • notepad
  • overdo
  • overdraw
  • overemphasize
  • overplay
  • overstate
  • pace
  • pack
  • padding
  • palace
  • pallet
  • pamphlet
  • paper
  • parade
  • parchment
  • parsonage
  • patter
  • penthouse
  • perambulate
  • peregrinate
  • pitter-patter
  • place
  • play up
  • plod
  • pound
  • power walk
  • prance
  • promenade
  • protect
  • protract
  • pussyfoot
  • quarters
  • quire
  • rack
  • ramble
  • ranch
  • ranch house
  • ream
  • recreational vehicle
  • rectory
  • residence
  • residency
  • roof
  • rooming house
  • sack
  • safeguard
  • salon
  • saltbox
  • sashay
  • satirize
  • saunter
  • scrapbook
  • scratch
  • scratch pad
  • scuff
  • semi
  • setup
  • shack
  • shakedown
  • shamble
  • shanty
  • shape
  • shelter
  • shield
  • shuffle
  • sleigh bed
  • slips
  • sneak
  • sofa
  • sofa bed
  • spin
  • split level
  • stagger
  • stalk
  • steal
  • step
  • step out
  • stomp
  • stress
  • stretch
  • stride
  • stroll
  • strut
  • studio couch
  • stuff
  • stumble
  • stump
  • suite
  • swagger
  • tablet
  • tap
  • tenement
  • tenement house
  • tiptoe
  • toddle
  • town house
  • townhome
  • tract house
  • trailer
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • trample
  • tread
  • trek
  • trip
  • triplex
  • tromp
  • troop
  • trot
  • trudge
  • trundle bed
  • vicarage
  • villa
  • waddle
  • walk
  • walk-up
  • wander
  • water bed

safari

tag along

  • accompany
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attach
  • attend
  • bedog
  • bind
  • bracket
  • bring
  • bring up the rear
  • catenate
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • chase
  • combine
  • come along
  • come with
  • companion
  • company
  • concatenate
  • conduct
  • conjoin
  • conjugate
  • consort
  • convoy
  • couple
  • dally
  • dangle
  • date
  • dawdle
  • defend
  • delay
  • dog
  • dog the footsteps of
  • draft
  • drag
  • draggle
  • draw
  • droop
  • drop back
  • escort
  • extend
  • fall back
  • fall behind
  • falter
  • fasten
  • flag
  • follow
  • follow a scent
  • freeze
  • give chase
  • go after
  • go along
  • go with
  • group
  • guard
  • guide
  • halt
  • hang
  • hang around with
  • hang back
  • hang down
  • hang out
  • haul
  • hitch on
  • hook up
  • hound
  • hunt
  • identify
  • incorporate
  • interface
  • join
  • keep company
  • lag
  • lead
  • linger
  • loiter
  • look after
  • meld with
  • network
  • nose out
  • onto
  • persecute
  • pilot
  • plod
  • plug into
  • poke
  • poke along
  • procrastinate
  • protect
  • pull
  • pursue
  • put a tail on
  • relate
  • run after
  • run down
  • schlepp along
  • search
  • see
  • seek
  • shadow
  • shag
  • shlep along
  • show about
  • show around
  • slap on
  • spook
  • spoor
  • squire
  • stalk
  • steer
  • stick to
  • straggle
  • stream
  • string along
  • tack on
  • tag
  • tag after
  • tag on
  • tail
  • tailgate
  • take out
  • take out after
  • tarry
  • team up with
  • throw in with
  • tie
  • tie in with
  • tow
  • trace
  • track
  • traipse
  • trudge
  • unite
  • usher
  • walk
  • yoke

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