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Synonyms for afoot
əˈfʊtafoot
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
afoot
Synonyms:
working, launched, afloat, agoing, inaugurated, started, instituted, establishedAntonyms:
uncommenced, incomplete, projected, proposed, contemplated, designed
Princeton's WordNet
afoot(p)adjective
traveling by foot
"she was afoot when I saw her this morning"
Antonyms:
noncurrent, nonmoving, unmovingafoot(p), underwayadverb
currently in progress
"there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"
Antonyms:
nonmoving, noncurrent, unmovingafootadverb
on foot; walking
"they went to the village afoot"; "quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"
Antonyms:
nonmoving, unmoving, noncurrent
Dictionary of English Synonymes
afootadjective
Synonyms:
on footafootadjective
Synonyms:
preparing, forthcoming, in preparation, in course of preparation, on the carpet, ON THE TAPIS, on the anvil
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#528 | working | |
#1040 | started | |
#1635 | established | |
#4597 | launched | |
#20235 | instituted | |
#33377 | inaugurated | |
#33861 | afloat | |
#47432 | afoot |
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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.
Sir Arther Connan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes:
The game is afoot.
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.
Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.
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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