striders
Pond-skating insects
Striders is the plural of strider—someone or something that strides, moving with long, purposeful steps.
The word often names long-legged creatures: water striders are insects that walk on pond surfaces; in fantasy literature, striders may be rangers or mysterious wanderers.
The striders skated across the still water.
Long-journey travelers
- hikersPeople walking outdoors recreationally
- backpackersTravelers with frame-mounted bags
- ramblersThose who wander leisurely
- trailblazersThose who open territory
mountaineers · bushwalkers · long-distance · gaiters · trekking poles · trail · wilderness · terrain
Speed of movement
- stepFoot movement forward
- treadSurface that grips ground
- marchRhythmic group walk
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
lope · gait · leggy · long-legged · swift · purposeful · covering ground · athletic
Long-legged waterside bird
sandpiper · plover · stilts · waterfowl · shorebirds · wetlands · marsh · mudflat
trekkers
Long-journey travelers
- hikersPeople walking outdoors recreationally
- backpackersTravelers with frame-mounted bags
- ramblersThose who wander leisurely
trailblazers · mountaineers · bushwalkers · long-distance · gaiters · trekking poles · trail · wilderness · terrain · footwear
pace
Speed of movement
gallop · lope · gait · leggy · long-legged · swift · purposeful · covering ground · athletic · sprint
heron
Long-legged waterside bird
flamingo · sandpiper · plover · stilts · waterfowl · shorebirds · wetlands · marsh · mudflat · estuary
ranger
Protected land patroller
- Middle-earthFantasy world with hobbits
- wandererRootless, roving person
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
Aragorn · Tolkien · mysterious · hooded · tracker · woodsman · protector · wayfarer · lore
elegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
fluid · glide · svelte · willowy · supple · sleek · agile · effortless · poised · dancer
- running traininglong runs, interval training, intervals, easy runs, fartlek
- sprint trainingsprints, standing starts, starts, wind sprints, hill sprints
- travelerspassenger, travelers, traveler, tourist, vacationers
- 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, strident, astride, strides, stridency, strider, stridently