Walk
//wɔːk//
Word Type
Verb
Noun
Proper Noun
The word "walk" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.
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Opposites (Antonyms)
Typical Location
Derived Terms
Crip walk Jericho walk Lévy walk RP walk Spanish walk Walkman airwalk awe walk birdwalk boardwalk bug-walk cake walk captain's walk cock of the walk coin walk cradle walk crawl before one can walk directed walk do you think you can walk dogwalk drunkard's walk duck walk elephant walk fart walk frog-walk front walk gravel-walk honor walk in a walk know how to walk before one can run learn to walk before one can run management by walking about management by walking around monkey walk perp-walk power walk privilege walk public walk race-walk random walk riverwalk ropewalk run-walk sheep walk sheepwalk sidewalk slow-walk spacewalk take a long walk off a short pier take a long walk on a short pier take a walk take a walk on the wild side tightrope walk walk Spanish walk a mile in someone's shoes walk a straight line walk a tightrope walk about walk after lunch walk all over walk and chew gum at the same time walk around walk around money walk away walk back walk back the cat walk cycle walk down the aisle walk good walk in circles walk in on walk in someone's shoes walk in straight lines walk in the park walk in the snow walk it walk it like one talks it walk it off walk like an Egyptian walk of fame walk of life walk of shame walk off the job walk off with walk on air walk on broken glass walk on eggshells walk on one's lower lip walk on sunshine walk on the wild side walk on the wild side walk on water walk one's chalks walk one's shots walk out on walk out with walk policy walk shorts walk softly and carry a big stick walk the beat walk the boards walk the cat back walk the chalk walk the chalk line walk the chalk mark walk the dog walk the floor walk the gangplank walk the hospitals walk the line walk the plank walk the streets walk the talk walk the walk walk turkey walk with walk-alone walk-around money walk-away walk-in walk-off walk-on walk-on girl walk-over walk-through walk-up walkathon walker walkie-talkie walkies walkover walkthrough wall walk widow's walk wiki walk zombie walk
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Etymologically Related To
Context
Last Subevents
Prerequisites
choose route do so first stand up get out of car go to park have feet have legs move body move legs not forget to breathe while walking on solid surface put on shoes put shoes on remember to move legs stand stand up stand up if sitting stay out of streets step forward take step take steps tie shoes use leg muscles use legs
Subevents
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
accompany accomplishment achievement associate bearing behave calling career carriage compel comport consociate cover cross cut across cut through gait get across get over go locomote locomotion move obligate oblige pace pass over path play posture rack up score tally track travel travel traveling travelling traverse vocation
Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
amble bolt cakewalk canter catwalk circumambulate crawl creep cruise dash dawdle drag farmer's walk flee flounce forwalk gambol hike hobble hoof it hurry hustle inch intentional walk jog limp make off march meander mosey parade perambulate peregrinate perp walk plod poke promenade pussyfoot race walk ramble rush sashay saunter scoot shamble shin sidewalk sidle skedaddle skip skirr skulk slink slog space walk spacewalk sponsored walk stomp stroll strut swagger tightrope-walk tiptoe toddle traipse tread tred trek trot trudge wade walk away from walk away with walk behind walk down walk in walk into walk off walk on walk on by walk out walk over walk tall walk through wander whistle walk
Type Of (IsA)
Motivated By Goal
Related Terms
Related Terms
action activity actually alternately amble ambling ambulate ambulate move ambulate self ambulating ambulation ambulatory ambulatory motion appeal area around ball bank beat big blind body body motion body movement but by feet by foot call card cheque coconut coffee confine constitutional crawl does dogfighting easy easy gait edge elephant enclosed estate everyone everyone does everywhere exercise feet feet forward feet involved feet motion feet moved feet movement feet moving felt fielding fitness fold foot foot action foot motion foot movement foot steps foot transport foot travel footsteps for legs forward forward movement full gait gait movement gamecock getting getting around getting places given go go forward go slowly going going somewhere ground guilty human human action human ambulation human locomotion human motion human movement human moving human waddle involved job jog jog slow jog slowly jogging leg leg action leg movement leg transportation legs legs move legs moving leisure light light run locomotion march meander method method moving missing mobility motion move move feet move forward move legs moved movement movement legs movements moving moving action moving feet moving forward moving legs moving slowly much much slower multiple multiple steps on foot out pace pace stroll paced parks pavement pavements pedestrian pedestrian activity perambulate perambulation personal personal transport physical physical activity places plantation promenade promenading puppy raise relaxation road ruled run run slowly running running slow saunter saunter amble self sequence setting shifting shopping side sidewalk sidewalks slow slow amble slow ambulation slow exercise slow jog slow jogging slow move slow movement slow pace slow paced slow perambulation slow run slow running slow speed slow steps slower slower job slower jog slower pace slower run slower running slowly slowly running somewhere sorry sort code speed sportsmanship stand stand still steady steady pace step step motion step slowly stepping stepping activity stepping movement steps still stolen stride stride gait strides stroll strolling strut take take steps taking taking steps trail trails transport transportation transportation foot travel traverse trot two two legs umpire use use legs uses uses legs using using feet using legs vertex waddle walk free walk in park with feet with legs
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.