single file
One behind another
Single file describes people or things arranged one behind another in a line, rather than side by side.
The phrase works as both noun and adverb: The students walked single file down the hallway.
It suggests orderly movement through narrow spaces or formal procession.
Also called Indian file, though that term is dated.
Ordered waiting line
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- columnVertical structural element
- processionFormal moving line
- rowLinear arrangement across
line · chain · sequence · succession · orderly · formation · alignment · one-by-one
Rhythmic group walk
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- processionFormal moving line
- congaCuban hand drum
- follow-the-leaderImitation game for children
trail · snake · stream · file · progression · walk · advance · proceed
queue
Ordered waiting line
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- columnVertical structural element
- processionFormal moving line
row · line · chain · sequence · succession · orderly · formation · alignment · one-by-one · sequential
march
Rhythmic group walk
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- processionFormal moving line
- congaCuban hand drum
follow-the-leader · trail · snake · stream · file · progression · walk · advance · proceed · passage
- outdoor ethicsleave no trace, no trace, tread lightly, pack it out, stay on trail
- cycling etiquettehand signals, passing, yielding, on your left, right of way
- peloton formationspeloton, paceline, echelon, bunch, pack
- cyclingbikes, bicycles, cycling, cyclist, cyclists
- formationsline, circle, triangle, ring, spiral
- Follow the Leaderleader, follower, line, imitation, copying
single fileabreast
Side by side
side by side · in a row · shoulder to shoulder · in formation · spread out
single filescattered
Spread irregularly about
clustered · disorganized · milling about · in disarray · helter-skelter
single, singular, singles, singled, singleness, singularly, singularity, singling, single-handed