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hiking
| Main Entry: |
hiking
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tramping |
| Synonyms: | backpacking, exploring, hitchhiking, marching, rambling, walking, wandering |
| Main Entry: | hike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise, increase |
| Synonyms: | advance, boost, jack, jump, lift, pull up, put up, up*, upgrade |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lower, reduce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mountaineering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mountain climbing |
| Synonyms: | alpinism, backpacking, hiking, hill-climbing, rock-climbing |
| Main Entry: | walking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on foot |
| Synonyms: | afoot, ambulate, ambulatory, digitigrade, hiking, marching, plantigrade, promenading, roaming, strolling, strutting, wandering |
| Main Entry: | peregrination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traversing |
| Synonyms: | expedition, hiking, jaunt, journey, roaming, roving, travels, trip |
| Main Entry: | afoot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | traveling by foot |
| Synonyms: | hiking, on foot, walking |
| Main Entry: | marching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advancing |
| Synonyms: | checking, filing, hiking, pacing, parading, patrolling, policing, proceeding, stepping, tramping, walking |
| Main Entry: | walking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on foot |
| Synonyms: | afoot, hiking, marching, promenading, rambling, sauntering, strolling, trekking, wayfaring |
| Antonyms: | running |
| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjoin, increase; make further comment |
| Synonyms: | affix, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up, boost, build up, charge up, continue, cue in, figure in, flesh out, heat up, hike, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, include, jack up, jazz up, join together, pad, parlay, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, reply, run up, say further, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten, tack on, tag |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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