What are some opposite words for step?
Antonyms for step
stɛpstep
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term step.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
stepnoun
Antonyms:
retreat, recession, baiting, station, standing, nongraduation, non-progression, standstill, stop, tracklessness, untraceableness, non impression, desinence, desistance, inactionSynonyms:
advance, pace, space, grade, remove, degree, gradation, progression, track, trice, walk, gait, proceeding, action, measure
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Princeton's WordNet
measure, stepnoun
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
"the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
Synonyms:
measure, standard, measuring stick, metre, whole step, quantity, footprint, meter, amount, mensuration, measuring, criterion, stair, whole tone, pace, bill, measurement, bar, footfall, beat, dance step, gradation, cadence, stone's throw, footstep, measuring rod, tone, touchstone, stride, footmarkfootstep, pace, step, stridenoun
the distance covered by a step
"he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
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footstep, tread, gait, stone's throw, stair, yard, pace, whole tone, tempo, measure, footfall, dance step, gradation, tone, rate, whole step, footmark, footprint, stridestepnoun
the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
"he walked with unsteady steps"
Synonyms:
measure, tone, dance step, footprint, footstep, pace, footfall, stone's throw, footmark, whole tone, stride, stair, gradation, whole stepstep, stairnoun
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
"he paused on the bottom step"
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measure, tone, dance step, footprint, footstep, pace, footfall, stone's throw, footmark, whole tone, stride, stair, gradation, whole stepgradation, stepnoun
relative position in a graded series
"always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions"
Synonyms:
footstep, graduation, grade, stone's throw, stair, pace, whole tone, measure, footfall, dance step, gradation, tone, whole step, footmark, footprint, stridestep, stone's thrownoun
a short distance
"it's only a step to the drugstore"
Synonyms:
measure, tone, dance step, footprint, footstep, pace, footfall, stone's throw, footmark, whole tone, stride, stair, gradation, whole stepfootfall, footstep, stepnoun
the sound of a step of someone walking
"he heard footsteps on the porch"
Synonyms:
measure, tone, dance step, footprint, footmark, pace, footfall, stone's throw, gradation, whole tone, stride, stair, footstep, whole steptone, whole tone, step, whole stepnoun
a musical interval of two semitones
Synonyms:
pure tone, quality, footprint, measure, look, timbre, footfall, tone of voice, smell, stride, dance step, feel, timber, whole tone, note, footstep, pace, spirit, tonicity, tone, gradation, whole step, footmark, flavour, stone's throw, stair, tonus, tincture, feeling, flavor, musical note, tint, shadefootprint, footmark, stepnoun
a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
"the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
Synonyms:
measure, whole step, tone, dance step, footprint, pace, footfall, stone's throw, gradation, whole tone, stride, stair, footstep, footmarkstepnoun
a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
Synonyms:
measure, tone, dance step, footprint, footstep, pace, footfall, stone's throw, footmark, whole tone, stride, stair, gradation, whole stepdance step, stepverb
a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
"he taught them the waltz step"
Synonyms:
measure, tone, dance step, footprint, footmark, pace, footfall, stone's throw, gradation, whole tone, stride, stair, footstep, whole stepstepverb
shift or move by taking a step
"step back"
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abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treatstep, treadverb
put down or press the foot, place the foot
"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
Synonyms:
maltreat, tread, pace, abuse, trample, mistreat, ill-use, ill-treatstepverb
cause (a computer) to execute a single command
Synonyms:
abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treatmistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treatverb
treat badly
"This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
Synonyms:
pervert, maltreat, blackguard, tread, pace, abuse, clapperclaw, misuse, shout, mistreat, ill-use, ill-treatstepverb
furnish with steps
"The architect wants to step the terrace"
Synonyms:
abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treatstepverb
move with one's feet in a specific manner
"step lively"
Synonyms:
abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treatstepverb
walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
"step over to the blackboard"
Synonyms:
abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treatstepverb
place (a ship's mast) in its step
Synonyms:
abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treatpace, stepverb
measure (distances) by pacing
"step off ten yards"
Synonyms:
maltreat, tread, pace, abuse, mistreat, ill-use, ill-treatstepverb
move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
"She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps"
Synonyms:
abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treat
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How to use step in a sentence?
Johnny Manziel knows there are areas Johnny Manziel needs to improve on to help Johnny Manziel be Johnny Manziel, friend and teammate, so Johnny Manziel decided to take this step in Johnny Manziel life during the offseason, on behalf of Johnny Manziel and Johnny Manziel family, Dallas Crowley're asking for privacy until Johnny Manziel rejoins the team in Cleveland.
Our first step, before we even look at the demand spike, was to think about how to keep our people safe, no visitors, no customers, no suppliers to the facility.
A TCU ruling makes an impeachment request inevitable, nothing could be better for the country than to see Rousseff step down.
ObamaCare was the single worst piece of legislation that’s been passed in the last half century, the single biggest step in the direction of Europeanizing our country. Premiums are going up, copayments are going up, deductibles are going up. What we will do, Bret, is offer a proposal to protect the American people.
If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.
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