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| 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: | step |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pace of feet in walking |
| Synonyms: | footprint, footstep, gait, impression, mark, print, spoor, stride, trace, track, trail, tread, vestige, walk, footfall, stepping |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | action, move |
| Synonyms: | act, advance, advancement, deed, degree, expedient, gradation, grade, level, maneuver, means, measure, motion, notch, phase, point, procedure, proceeding, process, progression, rank, remove, rung, stage, start |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one level of stairs |
| Synonyms: | gradation, notch, rest, round, run, rung, tread, doorstep, stair |
| Main Entry: | porch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | patio |
| Synonyms: | balcony, deck, portico, stoop, veranda, steps |
| Notes: | piazza is from Latin platea 'courtyard,' veranda from Hindi 'stockaded enclosure,' and porch from Latin porticus 'entrance hall' |
| Main Entry: | stairs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stairway |
| Synonyms: | escalator, companionway, stair, staircase, steps |
| Main Entry: | flight of stairs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a set of steps |
| Synonyms: | flight, stairs, escalier, flight of steps, pair of stairs, staircase, stairway, stairwell, steps |
| Main Entry: | movement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motion, activity |
| Synonyms: | act, action, advance, agitation, alteration, change, changing, deed, development, evolution, exercise, flight, flow, flux, gesture, journey, locomotion, maneuver, migration, mobility, move, moving, operation, passage, progress, progression, roaming, shift, stir, stirring, transit, undertaking, velocity, wandering, displacement, dynamism, evolving, journeying, motility, movableness, operativeness, regression, shifting, steps, transferal, translating, transplanting, voyaging |
| Antonyms: | cessation, halt, inaction, pause, stoppage, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | graduated system |
| Synonyms: | computation, extent, gamut, gradation, hierarchy, order, pecking order*, progression, proportion, range, rate, ratio, reach, register, rule, scope, sequence, series, spectrum, spread, system, way, calibration, degrees, ladder, ranking, steps |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, action, deed, doing, execution, exploit, feat, move, operation, performance, step, thing, undertaking |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inertia, quiet, quiet, repose, rest, stoppage, suspension, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | individual deed |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, blow, commission, dealings, doing, effort, enterprise, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, handiwork, maneuver, manipulation, move, operation, performance, procedure, step, stroke, thrust, transaction, undertaking |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, progress in development |
| Synonyms: | advancement, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, go-ahead*, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, amelioration, upping |
| Antonyms: | block, failure, impediment, recession, stagnation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aerobics/aerobic |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | exercise regime designed to increase heart and lung activity while toning muscles |
| Synonyms: | drill, exercise, step, workout, aquarobics, dance workout, high impact, low impact, slimnastics, warm-up |
| Main Entry: | carriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | posture, physical and mental |
| Synonyms: | air, aspect, attitude, bearing, behavior, cast, conduct, demeanor, deportment, gait, look, manner, mien, pace, presence, stance, step, comportment, positure |
| Main Entry: | dance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving feet and body to music |
| Synonyms: | Charleston, bob*, boogie, boogie down, bunny hop, caper, careen, cavort, conga, cut a rug, disco, flit*, foot it, foxtrot, frolic, gambol, get down*, hoof it, hop, hustle, jig, jitter*, jitterbug, jive*, jump, leap, one-step, prance, promenade, rhumba, rock, rock n' roll, samba, shimmy, skip, spin, step, strut, sway, swing, tango, tap, tread, trip, trip the light fantastic, twist, two-step, waltz, whirl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | degree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unit of measurement |
| Synonyms: | amount, caliber, dimension, division, expanse, extent, gauge, gradation, grade, height, intensity, interval, length, limit, line, link, mark, notch, period, plane, point, proportion, quality, quantity, range, rate, ratio, reach, rung, scale, scope, severity, shade, size, space, stage, standard, step, stint, strength, tenor, term, tier, amplitude, stair |
| Main Entry: | expediency/expedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
| Synonyms: | contrivance, design, device, dodge, gimmick*, makeshift*, maneuver, means, measure, method, recourse, resort, scheme, shift, step, stopgap*, stratagem, strategy, substitute, surrogate, tactic, trick, band-aid, easy way out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | generation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | era; age group |
| Synonyms: | breed, crop, day, eon, epoch, period, rank, span, step, time, aeon, contemporaries, days, peers, times |
| Main Entry: | hop |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | jump on one leg |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bound, caper, dance, hurdle, leap, lop, lope, skip, spring, step, trip, vault, skitter |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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