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. 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 --- lightly, because what I ’m going to do to you is going to be f --- disgusting. You understand me ?

2. Anthon St Maarten:

   Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.

3. William Butler Yeats:

   The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God the herdsman treads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.

4. Andrew Schneider:

   A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.

5. Angela Merkel:

   Both sides must tread new paths, cooperation needs to be put on a completely new footing due to digitalization.