| Main Entry: | traipse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk |
Synonyms: |
amble, ambulate, gad, go on foot, hike, knock about, lumber, march, meander, pace, parade, plod, prance, promenade, roam, rove, shuffle, step, stride, stroll, strut, take a walk, tour, travel on foot, traverse, trek, troop, trudge, wander |
| Main Entry: | drag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
Synonyms: |
be delayed, be quiescent, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle*, delay, encounter difficulty, hang*, inch, lag, lag behind, limp along, linger, loiter, mark time, poke*, procrastinate, put off*, sag, shamble, shuffle, slow down, stagnate, straggle, tarry, trail behind, traipse |
Antonyms: |
rush |
| Main Entry: | gad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam about |
Synonyms: |
cruise, gallivant, hit the road, hit the trail, jaunt, knock about, knock around, maunder, mooch, ramble, range, rove, run around, stray, traipse, wander |
| Main Entry: | gallivant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run around, gad about |
Synonyms: |
cruise, jaunt, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander |
Antonyms: |
behave |
| 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: | knock about/knock around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam, wander |
Synonyms: |
drift, ramble, range, rove, traipse, travel, walk |
Antonyms: |
stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | linger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loiter, delay |
Synonyms: |
amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, crawl, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drift, falter, fool around, fritter away, goof off, hang around, hang out*, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, putter, remain, saunter, shuffle, sit around, slouch, stagger, stay, stick around, stop, stroll, take one's time, tarry, tool, totter, trail, traipse, trifle, trudge, vacillate, wait, wait around |
Antonyms: |
go, hurry, leave, rush |
| Main Entry: | loiter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang around; stroll |
Synonyms: |
amble, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, flag, fritter away, get no place fast, halt, hover, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, pass time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, ramble, saunter, shamble, shuffle, slacken, slough, tarry, trail, traipse, wait, waste time |
Antonyms: |
hurry, leave, rush, vamoose |
| Main Entry: | march |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with deliberation |
Synonyms: |
advance, boot, debouch, drill, file, forge ahead, go on, hoof it, journey, mount, move, move out, pace, parade, patrol, pound, pound the pavement, proceed, progress, promenade, range, space, stalk, step, step out, stomp, stride, strut, traipse, tramp, tread |
| Main Entry: | meander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander, zigzag |
Synonyms: |
be all over the map, change, drift, extravagate, gallivant, get sidetracked, peregrinate, ramble, range, recoil, roam, rove, snake, stray, stroll, traipse, turn, twine, twist, vagabond, wind |
| Notes: | maunder means to talk incoherently or to speak in a rambling manner or to wander aimlessly or confusedly; meander means to wind or turn in a course or to move in a leisurely way |
Antonyms: |
go direct, stay on path |