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pace - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | steps in walking |
| Synonyms: | clip, footstep, gait, lick*, measure, step, stride, tread, walk, getalong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk back and forth |
| Synonyms: | canter, gallop, hoof*, march, patrol, pound*, step, stride, traipse, tread, troop, trot, ambulate, foot it, walk up and down |
| Antonyms: | sit, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed, tempo of motion |
| Synonyms: | beat, bounce, celerity, clip, downbeat, lick*, momentum, motion, movement, progress, quickness, rapidity, rate, swiftness, time, velocity, rapidness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure by footsteps |
| Synonyms: | count, determine, step, mark out, step off |
| Main Entry: | antedate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occur or cause to occur earlier |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, pace, precede, anachronize, antecede, backdate, date back, forerun, misdate, predate |
| Antonyms: | predate |
| Main Entry: | gait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way an animal or person moves, walks |
| Synonyms: | amble, bearing, canter, carriage, clip, gallop, get along, lick, march, motion, movement, pace, run, speed, step, stride, tread, trot, walk |
| Notes: | a gait is a person's manner of walking or a horse's manner of moving; a gate is a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall, or the total admission receipts at a sports or entertainment event |
| Main Entry: | gallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bolt, race with slight jumping motion |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, career, course, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hurdle, hurry, jump, leap, lope, pace, rack, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, stride, trot, zoom, tear along |
| Main Entry: | grind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tedious job |
| Synonyms: | chore, drudgery, groove*, hard work, labor, pace, rote, routine, rut*, sweat*, task, toil, travail, grubwork, moil, treadmill |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme speed, hurry |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, flurry, hurly-burly*, hustle, hustling, impatience, nimbleness, pace, press, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, swiftness, urgency, velocity, briskness, expeditiousness, fleetness, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurriedness, impetuosity, incautiousness, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, promptitude, rapidness |
| Antonyms: | delay, leisure, rest, slowness, lingering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speed something; hurry |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip*, cover ground*, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, flee, fly, gallop, get the lead out*, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, pace, plunge, precipitate, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, scuttle, skip, sprint, spurt, step up*, tear, trot, urge, get cracking, make haste, make tracks, move quickly, not lose a minute, shake a leg, step on it, take wing, waste no time, whip around |
| Antonyms: | lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, tarry, go slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | keep up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maintain, sustain |
| Synonyms: | balance, compete, contend, continue, emulate, go on, match, pace, persevere, preserve, rival, vie, hold on, keep pace, keep step, run with |
| Antonyms: | neglect, let go |
| Main Entry: | march |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with deliberation |
| Synonyms: | advance, boot, drill, file, go on, journey, mount, move, pace, parade, patrol, pound, pound the pavement*, proceed, progress, promenade, range, space, stalk, step, stomp, stride, strut, traipse, tramp, tread, debouch, forge ahead, hoof it, move out, step out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go ahead of |
| Synonyms: | antedate, anticipate, foreshadow, guide, harbinger, head, herald, introduce, lead, pace, pioneer, preface, presage, rank, scout, time, usher, antecede, be ahead of, come first, forerun, go before, go in advance, have a head start, head up, in space, light the way, outrank, pave the way, predate, preexist, ring in, run ahead, take precedence |
| Antonyms: | follow, go after |
| 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: | rapidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quickness |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, alacrity, bat, celerity, dispatch, expedition, gait, haste, hurry, pace, promptness, rush, speed, swiftness, velocity, briskness, fleetness, precipitateness, promptitude, rapidness, speediness |
| Antonyms: | slowness, languidity |
| Main Entry: | routine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual activity |
| Synonyms: | act, bit, custom, cycle, daily grind, drill, formula, grind*, groove*, habit, line, method, order, pace, pattern, piece, practice, procedure, program, rat race*, rote, round, rut, spiel*, system, tack, technique, usage, way, wont, beaten path, channels, schtick, treadmill |
| Antonyms: | break, excitement, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rate of motion, often a high rate |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, activity, agility, alacrity, breeze, celerity, clip, dispatch, eagerness, expedition, gait, haste, headway, hurry, hustle, lick, liveliness, momentum, pace, precipitation, promptness, quickness, rapidity, readiness, rush, rustle, snap, steam, swiftness, urgency, velocity, briskness, fleetness, legerity, precipitancy, promptitude, rapidness |
| Main Entry: | stalk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | follow, creep up on |
| Synonyms: | ambush, approach, chase, drive, haunt, hunt, pace, pursue, shadow, stride, tail, track, trail, flush out, striddle, walk up to |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move foot to walk |
| Synonyms: | advance, ascend, dance, descend, go down, hoof, mince, pace, prance, skip, stride, tiptoe, traipse, tread, trip, troop, walk, ambulate, go backward, go forward, go up, move backward, move forward |
| Main Entry: | stride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk purposefully |
| Synonyms: | clump, drill, march, pace, parade, pound, stalk, stamp, stomp, stump, traipse, tramp, striddle, tromp |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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