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Synonyms for afoot
əˈfʊtafoot

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. afoot

    Synonyms:
    working, launched, afloat, agoing, inaugurated, started, instituted, established

    Antonyms:
    uncommenced, incomplete, projected, proposed, contemplated, designed

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. afoot(p)adjective

    traveling by foot

    "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"

    Antonyms:
    noncurrent, nonmoving, unmoving

  2. afoot(p), underwayadverb

    currently in progress

    "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"

    Antonyms:
    nonmoving, noncurrent, unmoving

  3. afootadverb

    on foot; walking

    "they went to the village afoot"; "quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"

    Antonyms:
    nonmoving, unmoving, noncurrent

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. afootadjective

    Synonyms:
    on foot

  2. afootadjective

    Synonyms:
    preparing, forthcoming, in preparation, in course of preparation, on the carpet, ON THE TAPIS, on the anvil

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#1040started
#1635established
#4597launched
#20235instituted
#33377inaugurated
#33861afloat
#47432afoot

How to use afoot in a sentence?

  1. Mike Gottlieb:

    All of the sudden, in walks this elder statesmen type guy surrounded by about 10 armed guards, that's when I knew something was afoot.

  2. Sir Arther Connan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes:

    The game is afoot.

  3. Tim Quinlan:

    The current crisis means change is afoot, a record-shattering increase in jobless claims suggests that transfer payments will likely be the only facet of income rising in the months ahead.

  4. Julius Caesar:

    Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.

  5. Anthony Kennedy:

    There is nothing to stop the same couple or a similarly situated couple to trigger the same process, in fact, I would imagine that plans are afoot as we speak to trigger the same process with the same baker.


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