stride

stride is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
2. transitive verb. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
3. transitive verb. To pass over at a step; to step over.
4. transitive verb. To straddle; to bestride.
5. noun. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
6. noun. significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides")

   "they made big strides in productivity"

7. noun. a step in walking or running

   Synonyms: pace, tread

8. noun. the distance covered by a step

   "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

   Synonyms: footstep, pace, step

9. verb. cover or traverse by taking long steps

   "She strode several miles towards the woods"

10. verb. walk with long steps

    "He strode confidently across the hall"

Synonyms

pace, tread, footstep, step

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stride:

direst, disert, dister, driest, sterid

Common word forms

strider, strides, striding

Words from these letters

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