Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "step" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

leap ramp run

Coordinate Terms

step up

Derived Terms

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 cross-step cross-step dance step false step fire step fish steps goose step goose-step goose-step half-step high-step in step kick-step mast step misstep misstep naughty step oblique step one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind one step ahead one step at a time one-step out of step pep in one's step rest step retrace one's steps roll step route step single-step smell what someone is stepping in spring in one's step stair-step step aerobics step and repeat step aside step back step between step by step step change step chart step climb step dance step deal step down step flashing step foot step forth step forward step function step grate step in step into step into someone's shoes step into the breach step it step ladder step lively step machine step off step on step on a duck step on a frog step on a rake step on it step on someone's lines step on someone's toes step on the gas step on the laughs step out step out of line step out on someone step over step pyramid step rocket step short step show step stool step time step to step up step up on step up one's game step up to the plate step-by-step step-climb step-free step-in step-off step-through step-thru stepchair stepmeal stepover stepper stepping feet illusion stepping stone stepwise take a step back take steps the first step is always the hardest three-step snake time step tread in someone's steps twelve-step program two steps ahead two-step umbrella step watch one's step whole step with extra steps you can't step in the same river twice

Etymologically Related To

stamp stomp

Context

architecture kinematics machines music nautical programming slang us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

block do by execute furnish go handle indefinite quantity interval lay locomote locomotion maneuver manoeuvre mark measure move musical interval offer place pose position print provide put quantify rank render run set small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity sound supply support tactical maneuver tactical manoeuvre travel travel treat walk

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

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

Type Of (IsA)

block locomotion man made structure small indefinite quantity support

Manner Of

move put run supply travel walk

Part Of

stairway

Related Terms

aa aa meetings action anagram at house at time baby baby first backward backwards blood relative climb climbing component dance dance move dance movement distance door down each each one element elevator erect escalator escalator part exercise exercise machine fall feet feet walking first flat flat surface foot foot action foot fall foot motion foot movement foot place foot taken foot up footing footprint footstep for mankind for staircases forward forward foot gait gate go go stairs going going up going upstairs ground height house houses in staircase in stairs in walking incline increment individual individual stair interval keelson ladder ladder component ladder rung ladders levels lift lift foot like like elevator like stair like stairs like walk machine makes makes stairs mankind many many levels marriage measure meetings meter mother in law motion move move forward move up movement moving on ladder on staircase on staircases on stairs once one one action one at one foot one movement one small one stair pace part part stair parts passage pets pets backward pets backwards phase place placement platform progress raised raised foot read read pets reverse reverse pets rise rise run riser run rung running board shoe shoe placement single single incline single move single movement single one single stair small small pace small stride space stage stair stair element stair parts stair riser stair unit staircase staircase part staircases stairs stairs action stairs one stairs part stairs unit stepmother stepsibling stride subdivision surface taken time track tread tread riser twelve unit unit of up up down upstairs walk walk on walk once walk stage walk unit walk up walked walked on walking walking action walking component walking element walking forward walking measure walking motion walking movement walking once walking pace walking subdivision walking unit walking up walking upstairs when when walking with feet zigzag

Synonym Network

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

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.