Synonyms for step
Most common
whole tone stride footstep process stage walk proceeding stair
Definitions
- n. 1
An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- n. 2
A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- n. 3
The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- n. 4
The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- steps → tones, strides, paces, footsteps…
Example sentences
- stride Algeria's economy needs to stride into new territories.
- footstep I heard another footstep, this time much closer.
- process He explained the process of putting them together.
- stage Yesterday, we finished constructing the new stage.
- walk Another ten minutes' walk brought us to the shore.
By length
- 3 letters
- way1, act1
- 4 letters
- walk1, tone1, pace1
- 5 letters
- point1, means1, stage1, stair1
- 6 letters
- action2, stride1
- 7 letters
- process2, measure2
- 8 letters
- footstep2, footmark
- 9 letters
- procedure3, footprint2
- 10 letters
- proceeding3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (action2 = 2 syllables).