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hike - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | hike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey by foot |
| Synonyms: | backpack, constitutional, excursion, exploration, march, ramble, tour, traipse, tramp, trek, trip, walk, walkabout |
| Main Entry: | hike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk for recreation |
| Synonyms: | backpack, explore, hit the road*, hoof*, ramble, rove, stroll, stump, tour, tramp, travel, leg it, tromp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise, increase |
| Synonyms: | advance, boost, jump, lift, pull up, put up, up*, upgrade, jack |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lower, reduce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aggrandize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause something to seem or be greater, bigger |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, applaud, augment, beef up*, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, honor, hype, increase, intensify, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise, hike up, jack up |
| Antonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | augmentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | making greater; improving |
| Synonyms: | accession, accretion, addition, amplification, boost, buildup, development, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, expansion, extension, growth, hike, increase, increment, inflation, multiplication, raise, reinforcement, rise, swelling, up, beefing up, fleshing out, heightening, intensification, magnification, strengthening, upping |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degradation |
| Main Entry: | breakthrough |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, progress |
| Synonyms: | boost, development, discovery, find, finding, gain, hike, improvement, increase, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap*, rise, step forward |
| Antonyms: | step back, step backward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exaggerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overstate, embellish |
| Synonyms: | amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, intensify, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, puff, put on, pyramid*, romance, scam, stretch, up*, blow out of proportion, go to extremes, hyperbolize, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misquote, misreport, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pretty up, romanticize |
| Antonyms: | depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquisition, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accretion, accrual, accumulation, achievement, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benefit, boost, buildup, cut, dividend, earnings, emolument, gravy*, growth, headway*, hike*, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, payoff, proceeds, produce, profit, progress, receipts, return, rise, share, take, up*, velvet*, yield, upping |
| Antonyms: | expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition, growth |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, inflation, merger, multiplication, raise, rise, spread, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, aggrandizement, burgeoning, cumulation, intensification, maximization, optimization, step-up, waxing |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | inflation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase, swelling |
| Synonyms: | boom, boost, buildup, enhancement, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, hike, prosperity, rise, spread, aggrandizement, blowing up, distension, intensification, puffiness, tumefaction |
| Antonyms: | compression, decrease, shrinkage, deflation |
| Main Entry: | jaunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expedition |
| Synonyms: | adventure, amble, beat, canter, circuit, constitutional, course, cruise, drive, excursion, frolic, gallop, hike, jog, journey, junket, march, outing, patrol, peregrination, picnic, promenade, prowl, ramble, ride, round, roundabout, run, safari, sally, saunter, stroll, tour, tramp, travel, trek, trip, turn, voyage, walk, airing |
| Main Entry: | journey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excursion |
| Synonyms: | adventure, beat, campaign, caravan, circuit, constitutional, course, crossing, drive, expedition, exploration, hike, itinerary, jaunt, junket, march, migration, odyssey, outing, passage, patrol, peregrination, pilgrimage, progress, promenade, quest, ramble, range, roaming, round, route, run, safari, sally, saunter, sojourn, stroll, survey, tour, tramp, transit, transmigration, travel, traveling, traverse, trek, trip, vagrancy, venture, visit, voyage, wandering, wayfaring, airing, vagabondage |
| Main Entry: | overstate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate |
| Synonyms: | amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, play up, puff, blow out of proportion, lay it on thick, misquote, misreport, overemphasize, overestimate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, gain |
| Synonyms: | advance, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, expedition, flowering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge, march, momentum, motion, movement, ongoing, pace, passage, process, procession, proficiency, progression, promotion, rate, rise, stride, tour, voyage, way, amelioration, anabasis, evolvement, step forward, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, deterioration, retreat, retrogression |
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase in salary or position |
| Synonyms: | accession, accretion, addition, advance, augmentation, boost, bump, hike, increment, jump, leg*, promotion, rise, hold-up, jump-up, leg-up, move-up, raising, step-up |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' one rears children and raises crops |
| Antonyms: | decrease, drop, reduction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aimless walk |
| Synonyms: | constitutional, excursion, hike, peregrination, roaming, roving, saunter, stroll, tour, traipse, trip, turn, perambulation |
| Main Entry: | roam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about |
| Synonyms: | bum*, drift, gad, gallivant, hike, hit the road*, meander, prowl, ramble, range, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek, vagabond, walk, bum around, knock around, peregrinate, struggle along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | traipse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk |
| Synonyms: | amble, gad, hike, knock about*, lumber, march, meander, pace, parade, plod, prance, promenade, roam, rove, shuffle, step, stride, stroll, strut, tour, traverse, trek, troop, trudge, wander, ambulate, go on foot, take a walk, travel on foot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tramp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
| Synonyms: | crush, gallop, hike, hop, march, navigate, plod, pound, ramble, range, roam, rove, slog, stamp, stomp, stroll, stump, thud, toil, tour, traipse, trample, tread, trek, trip, trudge, footslog, stodge, tromp, walk over |
| Antonyms: | tiptoe |
| Main Entry: | tread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk; bear down |
| Synonyms: | crush, foot, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, quell, repress, squash, stamp, step, stride, subdue, subjugate, suppress, traipse, tramp, trample, troop, trudge, ambulate, stamp on, step on |
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