Synonyms for tread
trɛdtread

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. treadnoun

   The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs

   Synonyms:
   run

   Antonyms:
   riser, rise

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. pace, stride, treadnoun

   a step in walking or running

   Synonyms:
   gait, rate, tempo, pace, stride, step, yard, footstep

2. treadnoun

   the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

   Synonyms:
   pace, stride

3. treadnoun

   the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

   Synonyms:
   pace, stride

4. treadverb

   structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

   Synonyms:
   pace, stride

5. 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, step, pace, abuse, trample, mistreat, ill-use, ill-treat

6. tread, trampleverb

   tread or stomp heavily or roughly

   "The soldiers trampled across the fields"

   Synonyms:
   tramp down, step, tread down, trample

7. treadverb

   crush as if by treading on

   "tread grapes to make wine"

   Synonyms:
   step, trample

8. treadverb

   brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

   Synonyms:
   step, trample

9. treadverb

   apply (the tread) to a tire

   Synonyms:
   step, trample

10. treadverb

    mate with

    "male birds tread the females"

    Synonyms:
    step, trample

Matched Categories

1. • Apply
   • Brace
   • Contact
   • Copulate
   • Crush
   • Move
   • Step
   • Surface
   • Walk

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. take something in stride

   to cope with something unfortunate without much effort; to accept or manage difficulties well.

   he took it in stride when they attempted to ostracize him

   Submitted by anonymous on April 7, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. treadverb

   Synonyms:
   set the foot

2. treadverb

   Synonyms:
   walk, go

3. treadverb

   Synonyms:
   set the foot on, walk on

4. treadverb

   Synonyms:
   stamp upon, press down with the foot

5. treadverb

   Synonyms:
   cover (as a male bird the female), copulate with

6. treadnoun

   Synonyms:
   step, pace

7. treadnoun

   Synonyms:
   gait, manner of walking

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1. Neil Shearing:

   Certainly, a lot of the panic has subsided in the past month or so, there is growing acknowledgement that the Fed will tread carefully and second, there have been some local positive developments ... the oil price stabilisation has also helped.

2. William Butler Yeats:

   But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

3. Michael Cohen:

   I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we're in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don't have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know, so I'm warning you, tread very f---ing lightly, because what I'm going to do to you is going to be f---ing disgusting. You understand me?

4. Samuel Indyk:

   Fears of an increased regulatory clampdown on the company might have seen Alphabet tread more carefully when deciding what to do with their cash pile.

5. Franklin P. Jones:

   Perhaps the angels who fear to tread where fools rush in used to be fools who rushed in.