Synonyms for march
- noun
- verb
Most common
procession progression advance way parade protest borderland
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Procession — steady forward movement or progression
2. Parade — A political rally or parade
3. Borderland — A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary
borderland, frontier, boundary, county palatine, marchland rare
Other
marching music, mar, margravate rare, smallage rare, trompe dated
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A political rally or parade.
- n. 2
Steady forward movement or progression.
- n. 3
A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
- v. 1
To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
Related words
- Word family
- march-movement march-time marcher marchman march-ward marchioness marquee marquess
- Phrases
- march on dead march death march funeral march
- Is a kind of
- journey
Example sentences
- procession The queen’s procession moved through the grand hall.
- protest Protest takes ever more creative forms in Tatoeba.
- parade The band entertained the spectators at the parade.
- mar The first Ceza song I ever heard was "Türk Marşı".
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| march | steady | |
| procession | rising | |
| protest | steady | |
| parade | rising | |
| mar | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- way1, mar1
- 4 letters
- move1, walk1, edge1, butt1, demo2, abut2
- 5 letters
- rally2, tread1, stalk1, tramp1
- 6 letters
- border2, parade2, trudge1, trompe, adjoin2
- 7 letters
- process2, advance2, protest2, exhibit3
- 8 letters
- boundary3, frontier2, smallage
- 9 letters
- marchland
- 10 letters
- procession3, borderland, margravate
- 11 letters
- demonstrate3, progression3, advancement3
- 13 letters
- demonstration4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (demo2 = 2 syllables).