The car left a trail of dust.
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Trail
//tɹeɪl//
Synonyms for "trail" (273 found)
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Closest matches (55)
Strong matches (82)
dirt trackdisappeardisplacedogdrabbledrag alongdraggledrapedraperydrawdrivedroopdwindleeffluviumemanateemanationensueesplanadeessenceexhalation
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fade awayfade outfalconfallfall asternfall backfall behindfalterfastwalkferret outflagflapflavorflopflowflushfollow a cluefollow afterfollow the houndsfollow upfoot pavementfootpathfootprintsfootstepfootstepsfootwayfowlfragrancefumegarden pathget behindgo aftergo backgo backwardsgo behindgo huntinggoof offgroovegrow dimgunhalehalthanghang backhang downhaulhawkheaveheelhiking trailhound
Noun(3 words)
Related words (136)
hunthunt downissuejackjacklightlaglag behindlallygagleadlessenlinelingerlinger behindloiterlollygagloplugmallmovemove behind
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nodnosenose outodorovertakeparadepathpathwaypendpendantpeter outpisteplodpokepradoprocrastinatepromenadeprowl afterpublic walkpullpursueput offqueueredolenceregressreplaceresultretrogressrevertride to houndsrouterunrun downrun to earthrunwayrutsagsavorscentshadowshikarshilly shallyshilly-shallyshootsidewalksignssmellsmell outsnakesniff outsportstalkstartstenchstill huntstill-huntstragglestreamstring alongsubsidesubtle odorsucceedsuperveneswagsweepswingtabtagtag aftertag alongtailtailgatetailpiecetake in towtaper offtarrytoadytowtowing pathtowpathtracetrace downtracestrack downtrail aftertrail behindtrailertraintraipsetrawltread close upontrolltrottoirtruckletrudgetugvapor trailvestigewakewalkwalkwaywanderwaste timewayweakenweepwhiff
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7 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
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2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
7 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
215 translations across 54 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- spoor noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Albanian
2 entries- tragë noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- vazhdë noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἴχνος noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Arabic
3 entries- أَثَر noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- مَسْلَك noun (route for travel over land)
- جَرَّ verb (drag behind)
Armenian
2 entries- արահետ noun (route for travel over land)
- շավիղ noun (route for travel over land)
Bashkir
1 entries- һуҡмаҡ noun (route for travel over land)
Belarusian
2 entries- след noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- сце́жка noun (route for travel over land)
Bulgarian
4 entries- пъте́ка noun (route for travel over land)
- следа́ noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- влача verb (drag behind)
- оставям следа verb (leave (a trail of))
Catalan
4 entries- corriol noun (route for travel over land)
- pista noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- pista noun (route for travel over land)
- rastre noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 小徑 /小径 noun (route for travel over land)
- 山道 noun (route for travel over land)
- 痕跡 /痕迹 noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- 足跡 /足迹 noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Church Slavic
1 entries- слѣдъ noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Czech
4 entries- cestička noun (route for travel over land)
- chodníček noun (route for travel over land)
- stezka noun (route for travel over land)
- stopa noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Danish
3 entries- spor noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- tur noun (graph theory: walk with distinct edges)
- følge verb (follow behind)
Dutch
3 entries- pad noun (route for travel over land)
- route noun (route for travel over land)
- spoor noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Esperanto
1 entries- vojsulko noun (route for travel over land)
Finnish
4 entries- eräreitti noun (route for travel over land)
- jälki noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- polku noun (route for travel over land)
- reitti noun (route for travel over land)
French
4 entries- chasse noun (horizontal distance)
- piste noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- piste noun (route for travel over land)
- sentier noun (route for travel over land)
Galician
4 entries- sendeiro noun (route for travel over land)
- arrastrar verb (drag behind)
- arrousar verb (drag behind)
- ransir verb (drag behind)
Georgian
3 entries- ბილიკი noun (route for travel over land)
- კვალი noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- ნაკვალევი noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
German
4 entries- Nachlauf noun (horizontal distance)
- Pfad noun (route for travel over land)
- Spur noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- Trail noun (route for travel over land)
Greek
2 entries- ίχνος noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- μονοπάτι noun (route for travel over land)
Hebrew
1 entries- מסילה noun (graph theory: walk with distinct edges)
Hindi
2 entries- रास्ता noun (route for travel over land)
- पीछा करना verb (follow behind)
Hungarian
4 entries- nyom noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- húz verb (drag behind)
- nyomot hagy verb (leave (a trail of))
- von verb (drag behind)
Ingrian
1 entries- troppa noun (route for travel over land)
Italian
4 entries- pista noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- pista noun (route for travel over land)
- sentiero noun (route for travel over land)
- strascico noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Japanese
4 entries- トレイル noun (route for travel over land)
- 小路 noun (route for travel over land)
- 小道 noun (route for travel over land)
- 山道 noun (route for travel over land)
Korean
4 entries- 길 noun (route for travel over land)
- 등산로 noun (route for travel over land)
- 발자국 noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- 오솔길 noun (route for travel over land)
Latin
3 entries- semita noun (route for travel over land)
- trāmes noun (route for travel over land)
- vestīgia noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Macedonian
2 entries- патека noun (route for travel over land)
- трага noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Māori
4 entries- ara noun (route for travel over land)
- maheu noun (route for travel over land)
- makatea noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- makenu noun (route for travel over land)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- слѣдъ noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- رسم noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- چیغیر noun (route for travel over land)
- یول noun (route for travel over land)
Persian
2 entries- مالرو noun (route for travel over land)
- گذر noun (route for travel over land)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spoa noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Polabian
1 entries- staʒ́ă noun (route for travel over land)
Polish
4 entries- trop noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- ścieżka noun (route for travel over land)
- ślad noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- tropić verb (follow behind)
Portuguese
4 entries- rasto noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- rastro noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- trilha noun (route for travel over land)
- arrastar verb (drag behind)
Romanian
3 entries- cărare noun (route for travel over land)
- potecă noun (route for travel over land)
- urmă noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Russian
4 entries- доро́жка noun (route for travel over land)
- след noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- стёжка noun (route for travel over land)
- тропа́ noun (route for travel over land)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- slighe noun (route for travel over land)
- slaod verb (drag behind)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- stàza noun (route for travel over land)
- trȃg noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- ста̀за noun (route for travel over land)
- тра̑г noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Slovak
3 entries- cestička noun (route for travel over land)
- chodníček noun (route for travel over land)
- stopa noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Slovene
2 entries- pešpot noun (route for travel over land)
- sled noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Spanish
4 entries- pista noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- rastro noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- senda noun (route for travel over land)
- sendero noun (route for travel over land)
Swedish
3 entries- led noun (route for travel over land)
- spår noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- stig noun (route for travel over land)
Tagalog
1 entries- bagnos noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Tajik
2 entries- пайраҳа noun (route for travel over land)
- пайраҳача noun (route for travel over land)
Tausug
1 entries- dan noun (route for travel over land)
Telugu
2 entries- జాడ noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- జాడ noun (route for travel over land)
Tooro
1 entries- ekirale class 7 noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Turkish
4 entries- iz noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- parkur noun (route for travel over land)
- patika noun (route for travel over land)
- çığır noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
Ukrainian
4 entries- слід noun (signs of something/someone has passed previously)
- сте́жка noun (route for travel over land)
- стежи́на noun (route for travel over land)
- стежи́нка noun (route for travel over land)
Western Apache
1 entries- ʼintin noun (route for travel over land)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
I saw the white trail of his frozen breath.
Source: tatoeba (249983)
The typhoon left behind a trail of destruction.
Source: tatoeba (275461)
The comet leaves a trail of light behind it as it moves.
Source: tatoeba (326623)
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