stride
Confident walking manner
Stride is a long, decisive step, or the manner of walking characterized by such steps.
Someone who strides walks with purpose and confidence, covering ground efficiently.
The word extends to progress generally: The company has made great strides in sustainability.
To hit your stride means to reach your optimal pace or performance level.
In stride suggests taking something calmly, without breaking rhythm: She took the criticism in stride.
Travel on foot
- stepFoot movement forward
- paceSpeed of movement
- treadSurface that grips ground
- footstepSingle walking sound
gallop · canter · trot · amble · saunter · march · stroll · prance
Swift foot travel
- joggingSlow-paced locomotion exercise
- sprintingMaximum-speed locomotion on foot
- marathonLong-distance footrace
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
pace · cadence · rhythm · footwork · biomechanics · propulsion · momentum · coordination
Domesticated riding animal
- canterModerate equine gait
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
- trotPace between walk, canter
- gaitLocomotion pattern
dressage · harness racing · standardbred · pacer · trotter · leg movement · lateral · diagonal
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
- tempoRate of musical performance
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- paceSpeed of movement
- timingArt of choosing moments
flow · pattern · regularity · steady · measured · even · consistent · syncopation
Confident, boastful manner
- strutProud, showy gait
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
self-assured · purposeful · determined · commanding · powerful · assertive · authority · presence
Move or progress forward
- headwayForward progress achieved
- improvementPositive change in quality
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- gainPositive return received
forward · momentum · development · leap · bound · achievement · milestone · success
walk
Travel on foot
footstep · gallop · canter · trot · amble · saunter · march · stroll · prance · bound
running
Swift foot travel
- joggingSlow-paced locomotion exercise
- sprintingMaximum-speed locomotion on foot
- marathonLong-distance footrace
endurance · pace · cadence · rhythm · footwork · biomechanics · propulsion · momentum · coordination · footstrike
horse
Domesticated riding animal
gait · dressage · harness racing · standardbred · pacer · trotter · leg movement · lateral · diagonal · collected
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
timing · flow · pattern · regularity · steady · measured · even · consistent · syncopation · pulse
swagger
Confident, boastful manner
assurance · self-assured · purposeful · determined · commanding · powerful · assertive · authority · presence · bearing
advance
Move or progress forward
- headwayForward progress achieved
- improvementPositive change in quality
- breakthroughSudden important advance
gain · forward · momentum · development · leap · bound · achievement · milestone · success
distance
Space between two points
leg length · coverage · long-legged · gap · measure · extent · range · spread · inseam · leggy
- runningrun, runner, running shoes, running shorts, running gear
- walkingwalking, brisk walking, strolling, ambling, sauntering
- Length Unitsinch, foot, feet, yard, mile
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- advanceadvance, move forward, press forward, push forward, proceed
- roller skatingroller rink, inline skates, skate wheels, rollerblades, skate parks
- in strideWith steady composure
- make stridesAchieve significant progress
- taking something in strideRemaining composed despite setbacks
- making stridesAdvancing considerably toward goals
- hit one's strideAchieve peak performance level
- break one's strideDisrupt continuous motion
stride piano, striding, strides, strider, striders, stridden, overstriding