Synonyms for steps
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : step |
| Phonetic Transcription : stɛp |
Top 10 synonyms for steps Other synonyms for the word steps
- advancement
- ambulate
- ascend
- deed
- degree
- descend
- doorstep
- expedient
- footfall
- footprint
- footstep
- gait
- go backward
- go forward
- go up
- gradation
- grade
- hoof
- impression
- level
- maneuver
- mark
- mince
- motion
- move backward
- move forward
- notch
- pace
- prance
- proceeding
- progression
- rank
- remove
- rest
- round
- run
- rung
- skip
- spoor
- stage
- stair
- start
- stepping
- stride
- tiptoe
- trace
- track
- trail
- traipse
- tread
- trip
- troop
- vestige
- walk
Définition of steps
Origin :- Old English steppan (Anglian), stæppan (West Saxon) "take a step," from West Germanic *stap- "tread" (cf. Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch stap, Old High German stapfo, German stapfe "footstep"), from PIE root *stebh- "to tread, step" (cf. Old Church Slavonic stopa "step, pace," stepeni "step, degree"). Originally strong (past tense stop, past participle bestapen); weak forms emerged 13c., universal from 16c. Stepping stone first recorded early 14c.; in the figurative sense 1650s. Step on it "hurry up" is 1923, from notion of gas pedal; step out (v.) is from 1907.
- noun pace of feet in walking
- noun action, move
- noun one level of stairs
- verb move foot to walk
- This business attended to, Robert bent his steps to Mr. Paine's office.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The two bent their steps to the shore, and looked out to sea.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He quickened his steps, and was soon at the side of our hero.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The lady did as she was told, and they retraced their steps.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Surely those are not the steps that lead down toward the bath?
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- She then descended, and pausing at the great landing, heard other steps descending also.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- He himself, she learned, had taken no steps to free himself from his present mode of life.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- The steps suggested to meet this impending calamity were strange enough.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Behind him, like an electric force pushing him on, the outlaws watched his steps.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Behind him with steps as noiseless as his own came the three men to whom he had just given the message.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
Antonyms for steps
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