steady pace
Unchanging movement speed
A steady pace is a consistent rate of movement or progress, neither speeding up nor slowing down.
The phrase usually describes walking, running, or working: She maintained a steady pace throughout the marathon.
It implies sustainability—a rhythm you can keep up over time without exhausting yourself.
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
- strideExtended single footstep
- one footThirty centimeters, roughly
keeping time · step by step · plodding · marathon · long haul · going the distance · metronome · tick tock · unwavering · trudge · momentum · heartbeat · treadmill · cadence · relentless · jog · trot · cruise
- Steady Motioncruise control, autopilot, conveyor belt, treadmill, metronome
- walkingwalking, brisk walking, strolling, ambling, sauntering
- cautioncareful, be careful, cautious, caution, watch out
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
intensity/urgency
steady pacesprint
Brief maximum-speed effort
burst of speed · mad rush · breakneck speed · mad dash · full throttle
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