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strolling
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk along lazily |
| Synonyms: | amble, cruise, drift, gallivant, linger, make one's way, mope, mosey, promenade, ramble, roam, rove, sashay, saunter, toddle, traipse, tramp, wander |
| Antonyms: | run |
| 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: | walking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on foot |
| Synonyms: | afoot, hiking, marching, promenading, rambling, sauntering, strolling, trekking, wayfaring |
| Antonyms: | running |
| Main Entry: | wandering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meandering |
| Synonyms: | jaunting, roaming, roving, strolling, traveling, trekking, wayfaring, winding |
| Main Entry: | amble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk casually |
| Synonyms: | ankle, boogie, dawdle, drift, gander, hoof it, loiter, meander, mosey, percolate*, ramble, sashay, saunter, stroll, toddle, wander |
| Antonyms: | run |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dawdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay; waste time |
| Synonyms: | amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
| Antonyms: | decide, direct, guide, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk for recreation |
| Synonyms: | backpack, explore, hit the road, hoof, leg it, ramble, rove, stroll, stump, tour, tramp, travel, tromp |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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