Antonyms for step
stɛpstep

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stepnoun

   Antonyms:
   retreat, recession, baiting, station, standing, nongraduation, non-progression, standstill, stop, tracklessness, untraceableness, non impression, desinence, desistance, inaction

   Synonyms:
   advance, pace, space, grade, remove, degree, gradation, progression, track, trice, walk, gait, proceeding, action, measure

Matched Categories

1. • Architecture
   • Block
   • Furnish
   • Interval
   • Locomotion
   • Maneuver
   • Measure
   • Move
   • Place
   • Rank
   • Run
   • Travel
   • Treat
   • Walk

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. 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, footmark

2. footstep, pace, step, stridenoun

   the distance covered by a step

   "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

   Synonyms:
   footstep, tread, gait, stone's throw, stair, yard, pace, whole tone, tempo, measure, footfall, dance step, gradation, tone, rate, whole step, footmark, footprint, stride

3. stepnoun

   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 step

4. step, stairnoun

   support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

   "he paused on the bottom step"

   Synonyms:
   measure, tone, dance step, footprint, footstep, pace, footfall, stone's throw, footmark, whole tone, stride, stair, gradation, whole step

5. gradation, 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, stride

6. step, 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 step

7. footfall, 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 step

8. tone, 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, shade

9. footprint, 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, footmark

10. stepnoun

    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 step

11. dance 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 step

12. stepverb

    shift or move by taking a step

    "step back"

    Synonyms:
    abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treat

13. step, 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-treat

14. stepverb

    cause (a computer) to execute a single command

    Synonyms:
    abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treat

15. mistreat, 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-treat

16. stepverb

    furnish with steps

    "The architect wants to step the terrace"

    Synonyms:
    abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treat

17. stepverb

    move with one's feet in a specific manner

    "step lively"

    Synonyms:
    abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treat

18. stepverb

    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-treat

19. stepverb

    place (a ship's mast) in its step

    Synonyms:
    abuse, pace, mistreat, tread, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treat

20. pace, stepverb

    measure (distances) by pacing

    "step off ten yards"

    Synonyms:
    maltreat, tread, pace, abuse, mistreat, ill-use, ill-treat

21. stepverb

    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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stepnoun

   Synonyms:
   pace, stair, round, footstep, footprint, footmark, track, grade, degree, gradation, measure, action, procedure, expedient, stride (a long step)

2. stepverb

   Synonyms:
   pace, stride

How to use step in a sentence?

1. India Governor Raghuram Rajan:

   We can now be a little more careful about recognition... Next step is to make sure that what should be classified as A is classified as A and not B, we are ... looking at how some of these existing facilities are being used, to make sure ... we are not kicking the can down the road.

2. Farhang Nabiei:

   But there are over 480 meteorites classified as ureilites, our next step is to analyze other ureilite sample and see how they fit into this big picture.

3. Claudia Mo:

   If she refuses to withdraw, to scrap this controversial bill altogether, it would mean that we wouldn't retreat. She stays on. We stay on, carrie Lam has lost all credibility among the Hong Kong people. Carrie Lam must step down.

4. Scott C. Holstad:

   i run from my dreams, romantic they are not. rather full of scream scenes, empty death masks, mutilated corpses, the walking dead, society in a mushroom. i run from my dreams and wake to pain without a god and without excuse – I will myself to move knowing i’m one step closer to death.

5. Kristina Hooper:

   We can continue in the situation we've been in for months which is one step forward, further into the trade war abyss, followed by one step or a half step backwards.

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