Step

//stɛp//

Synonyms for "step" (522 found)

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Closest matches (105)

footfall footprint footstep gradation measure pace stage stride tone abdicate accelerate accomplished fact accomplishment according to ace achievement act acta action activity

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Noun(2 words)

stride dance step

Verb(1 words)

abuse

Strong matches (156)

diatonic semitone diminish dint direction divide do something dodge doing doings doorstep drag droop earreach earshot eccentric effort embossment endeavor enharmonic diesis enharmonic interval

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enterprise escalate essay estimate evaluate excrescence exercise care expediency expedient experiment exploit extent fait accompli fathom feat fifth fingerprint fling floor flounce foot foot it footmark footrest ford fossil footprint fourth fox trot fox-trot gait gallery gallop gambade gambado gambit gauge gest get get ahead of gimmick git go go across go by go out grade gradually graduate grapevine gunshot hair hair space hairbreadth hairsbreadth half step halftone hand handiwork hasten height hightail hippety-hop hitch hobble hoof hoof it hoofbeat hop hop along hotfoot hurry up ichnite ichnolite impress impression imprint improve improvisation in keeping with in step with inch increase indent indentation indention initiative intensify intercede interfere interval intervene jaywalk job jog jog on journey journeying jump jury rig jury-rig jury-rigged expedient kilometer kinky last expedient last resort last shift layer leap leave ledge leg leg it less semitone level lick limp little little ways lock step look lope lump lurch make haste make tracks makeshift maneuver march

Noun(5 words)

footfall footmark footprint footstep gradation

Verb(3 words)

ill-treat ill-use maltreat

Related words (261)

mark means means to an end measures melodic interval mensurate mete meter mince mincing steps mistreat motion move movement notch note nuance octave offbeat offer

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operation overlayer overstory overstride overt act pad paddle parallel octaves pas pass pass by pass over passage path paw print pawmark pedestrianize peg perambulate performance period peripateticate phase piaffer pimple pis aller pistol shot pitch plane plateau plumb point prance print prize probe procedure proceed proceeding process production progress progression proportion pug pugmark quantify quantize quickstep quit rack raise range rate ratio reach reduce remove res gestae resign resort resource rest retire riser roll round route routine run rundle rung saunter scale scope scuttle seal seam secede second semitone seventh shade shadow shake up shake-up shamble shelf shift shoot ahead of short distance short piece short way shot shuffle shuffle along sidle sigil signet single-foot sixth size size up skip slink slither slouch slowly slowness socialize solution sound space span speed up spitting distance spoke spoor spring sprint stab stagger stair staircase stairs stairway stalk stamp standard stave steadily step along step by step step down step in step lively step on it step out step stool step up stepladder stepping stone stepping-stone steps stint stoop stopgap story straddle stratagem stratum string stroke stroke of policy stroll strolling gait strong bid strut stud stump it stunt substratum superstratum supplant survey swagger swing tactic take a reading take care take heed take steps temporary expedient tentative thickness thing thing done third thumbmark thumbprint tier toddle topsoil totter tour de force trace track tract traditional traipse tramp transaction travel travels tread trial trial and error triangulate trick trip troop trot trump try turn unconventional underlayer understory understratum undertaking unison interval up valuate value velocity vestige waddle walk way weigh whack whole step withdraw work working hypothesis working proposition works zone

Noun(10 words)

measure pace stair stepchild stepsibling stepteen stone's throw tone whole step whole tone

Verb(3 words)

mistreat pace tread

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

40 entries

block do by execute furnish go handle indefinite quantity interval lay locomote locomotion maneuver manoeuvre mark measure move

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More specific

5 entries

back step cyclic step etc. see under back half half step

Antonyms

3 entries

leap ramp run

Synonyms

11 entries

dance step footfall footprint footstep gradation measure mistreat pace stage stride tone

coordinate

1 entries

step up

derived

127 entries

13th step Eureka step Irish step dancing Penrose steps Pinoy step T-step Tecumseh step test Tennessee quick step a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step baby step between-step body step catch step coaster step corbie step corbie-step

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

stamp stomp

has context

8 entries

architecture kinematics machines music nautical programming slang us

is a

5 entries

block locomotion man made structure small indefinite quantity support

manner of

6 entries

move put run supply travel walk

part of

1 entries

stairway

related to

204 entries

aa aa meetings action anagram at house at time baby baby first backward backwards blood relative climb climbing component dance dance move

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Translations

473 translations across 112 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

hap noun (pace)
hap noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
hap noun (footstep)
hapat noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

βάσις noun (pace)
βαθμός noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
βαθμός noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
ἴχνος noun (footstep)

Arabic

4 entries

خطوة noun (pace)
خطوة noun (pace)
خَطْوَة noun (pace)
خَطْوَة noun (footstep)

Armenian

4 entries

աստիճան noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
քայլ noun (pace)
քայլ noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
քայլ noun (small space or distance)

Avar

1 entries

гали noun (pace)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

addım noun (pace)

Baluchi

2 entries

قدم noun (pace)
گام noun (pace)

Bashkir

4 entries

аҙым noun (pace)
аҙым noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
аҙым noun (manner of walking)
аҙым noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)

Basque

3 entries

fase noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
maila noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
urrats noun (pace)

Belarusian

4 entries

крок noun (pace)
прысту́пка noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
схо́дзень noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
шаг noun (pace)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

कदम noun (pace)

Bulgarian

4 entries

кра́чка noun (pace)
кра́чка noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
похо́дка noun (manner of walking)
стъ́лби noun (in the plural: portable framework of stairs)

Burmese

1 entries

အလှမ်း noun (pace)

Catalan

4 entries

esglaó noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
marxapeu noun (running board)
pas noun (pace)
pas noun (small space or distance)

Cebuano

1 entries

lakang verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

گاو noun (pace)

Chamicuro

1 entries

tepane noun (pace)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᎩᏠᏒᏍᏗᎢ noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

步 noun (pace)
步態 /步态 noun (manner of walking)
階 /阶 noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
踩 verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Cornish

1 entries

kamm noun (pace)

Czech

4 entries

krok noun (pace)
krok noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
příčka noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
schod noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Dalmatian

1 entries

puas noun (pace)

Danish

4 entries

fodspor noun (footstep)
gang noun (manner of walking)
skridt noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
skridt noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)

Dari

1 entries

قَدَم noun (pace)

Dutch

4 entries

stap noun (pace)
voetstap noun (footstep)
gaan verb (intransitive, figuratively: to move mentally)
stappen verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Esperanto

4 entries

etapo noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
fazo noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
paŝado noun (pace)
paŝo noun (pace)

Estonian

1 entries

samm noun (pace)

Even

1 entries

геркадай verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Evenki

1 entries

гиркуми verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Faroese

2 entries

fet noun (pace)
stig noun (pace)

Finnish

4 entries

askel noun (pace)
askel noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
askel noun (small space or distance)
askel noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)

French

4 entries

marche noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
pas noun (pace)
pas noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
étape noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)

Friulian

1 entries

pas noun (pace)

Galician

4 entries

alancada noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
banzo noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
chanzo noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
paso noun (pace)

Georgian

1 entries

ნაბიჯი noun (pace)

German

4 entries

Schritt noun (pace)
Schritt noun (footstep)
Schritt noun (manner of walking)
Schritt noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)

Greek

4 entries

ίχνος noun (footstep)
βήμα noun (pace)
βαθμίδα noun (music: interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
βηματισμός noun (manner of walking)

Hebrew

1 entries

צַעַד noun (pace)

Higaonon

1 entries

lakad verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Hindi

2 entries

क़दम noun (pace)
पद noun (pace)

Hungarian

4 entries

lépcső noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
lépcsőfok noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
lépés noun (pace)
lép verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Iban

2 entries

langkah noun (pace)
langkas noun (pace)

Icelandic

2 entries

skref noun (pace)
þrep noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Ido

3 entries

grado noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
pazo noun (pace)
pazar verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Indonesian

3 entries

langkah noun (pace)
langkah kaki noun (footstep)
berjalan verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Ingrian

4 entries

harkkamus noun (pace)
astua verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)
harkata verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)
harpata verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

قَدَم noun (pace)

Istriot

2 entries

scaleîn noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
urma noun (footstep)

Italian

4 entries

fase noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
passaggio noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
passo noun (pace)
passo noun (footstep)

Japanese

4 entries

ひとまたぎ noun (small space or distance)
ステップ noun (pace)
度 noun (music: interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
檣座 noun (nautical: framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft)

Javanese

1 entries

jangkah noun (pace)

Kaitag

2 entries

кацӏ noun (pace)
кканц noun (pace)

Kazakh

1 entries

қадам noun (pace)

Khmer

4 entries

កាំ noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
ជំហាន noun (pace)
ឈាន verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)
ឈ្នាន verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Korean

3 entries

걸음 noun (pace)
단 noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
단계 noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

адым noun (pace)

Lao

1 entries

ກ້າວ noun (pace)

Latgalian

2 entries

pakuopīņs noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
sūļs noun (pace)

Latin

4 entries

gradus noun (pace)
gradus noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
passus noun (pace)
gradior verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Latvian

3 entries

pakāpiens noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
solis noun (pace)
soļot verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Lithuanian

2 entries

žingsnis noun (pace)
žengti verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Lombard

1 entries

pass noun (pace)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

stupiś verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Macedonian

1 entries

чекор noun (pace)

Malay

2 entries

langkah noun (pace)
langkah noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡨᡝᡵᡴᡳᠨ noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Manx

4 entries

caskeim noun (pace)
greeish noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
kesmad noun (pace)
tesmad noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Middle English

4 entries

stage noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
steppe noun (pace)
steppe noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
steppe noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)

Mongolian

4 entries

алхаа noun (pace)
алхам noun (pace)
гишгүүр noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
алхах verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Māori

4 entries

hipanga noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)
kaupae noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
kaupeka noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
kauwae noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)

Nanai

1 entries

гиран verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

gav noun (pace)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

skritt noun (pace)
skritt noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
steg noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
trin noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Occitan

1 entries

pas noun (pace)

Old English

4 entries

stæpe noun (pace)
stæpe noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
stæpe noun (footstep)
stæpe noun (manner of walking)

Old Irish

1 entries

cingid verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Old Javanese

1 entries

langkah noun (pace)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

آدیم noun (pace)
آدیم noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
آدیم noun (footstep)
باصامق noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Pashto

1 entries

قدم noun (pace)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schrett noun (pace)

Polish

4 entries

chód noun (manner of walking)
drabina noun (in the plural: portable framework of stairs)
drabinka noun (in the plural: portable framework of stairs)
drabka noun (in the plural: portable framework of stairs)

Portuguese

4 entries

andadura noun (manner of walking)
degrau noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
estribo noun (running board)
etapa noun (a distinct part of a process; stage; phase)

Quechua

2 entries

thatki noun (pace)
thatkiy verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Romanian

4 entries

pas noun (pace)
pas noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
pas noun (small space or distance)
pas noun (footstep)

Romansch

1 entries

pass noun (pace)

Russian

4 entries

лестница noun (in the plural: portable framework of stairs)
по́ступь noun (manner of walking)
подно́жка noun (running board)
похо́дка noun (manner of walking)

Sanskrit

1 entries

पद noun (pace)

Sardinian

1 entries

passu noun (pace)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

staidhre noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
ceumnaich verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)
ceumnaich verb (intransitive: to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance)
ceumnaich verb (intransitive: to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kȍrāk noun (pace)
ко̏ра̄к noun (pace)
koraknuti verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)
koračati verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Slovak

1 entries

krok noun (pace)

Slovene

4 entries

hoja noun (manner of walking)
hoja noun (in the plural: walk; passage)
korak noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
korȃk noun (pace)

Spanish

4 entries

escalón noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
etapa noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)
medida noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)
paso noun (pace)

Swahili

4 entries

hatua noun (pace)
hatua noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
hatua noun (running board)
hatua noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)

Swedish

4 entries

fotspår noun (footstep)
fotsteg noun (footstep)
framsteg noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)
gång noun (manner of walking)

Tajik

1 entries

қадам noun (pace)

Tatar

1 entries

адым noun (pace)

Thai

4 entries

ก้าว noun (pace)
ก้าว noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
ขั้น noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
ขั้นตอน noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)

Turkish

2 entries

adım noun (pace)
adım atmak verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Turkmen

1 entries

ädim noun (pace)

Tày

3 entries

càm noun (pace)
càm kha noun (footstep)
càm verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Ukrainian

4 entries

крок noun (pace)
крок noun (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
крок noun (small space or distance)
крок noun (proceeding; measure; action; act)

Urdu

2 entries

قَدَم noun (pace)
پَد noun (pace)

Uyghur

1 entries

قەدەم noun (pace)

Uzbek

4 entries

odim noun (pace)
pogʻona noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
qadam noun (pace)
zinapoya noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Venetan

4 entries

pas noun (pace)
paso noun (pace)
scalin noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
scałin noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bước noun (pace)
bậc noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
bực noun (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
bước verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Welsh

1 entries

cam noun (pace)

Yakan

1 entries

tekang noun (pace)

Yiddish

1 entries

שריט noun (pace)

Zazaki

2 entries

gam (diq) noun (pace)
gam (diq) verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Záparo

1 entries

achichanu verb (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)

Sample sentences

47 total sentences available.

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I cannot dance one single step of Salsa.

Source: tatoeba (2005)

Your success depends on whether you pass the STEP examination or not.

Source: tatoeba (17025)

We've really got to step on it.

Source: tatoeba (19735)

Don't step on the broken glass.

Source: tatoeba (21238)

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