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. Horace:

   Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.

2. Minnie Haskins:

   And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the Unknown.' And he replied, 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.'

3. 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 ?

4. Neil Shearing:

   Certainly, a lot of the panic has subsided in the past month or so, there is growing acknowledgement that the Fed will tread carefully and second, there have been some local positive developments ... the oil price stabilisation has also helped.

5. Betina Evancha:

   When we think about making new products, we're thinking about who can this bring into the Peloton member base who maybe didn't feel comfortable with our current product offerings, now folks who maybe don't have the $ 4,000 treadmill in their budget can afford the Tread experience.