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. Alexander Pope, (1712?):

   Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

2. William Butler Yeats:

   But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

3. W. B. Yeats:

   But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.

4. William Butler Yeats:

   The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God the herdsman treads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.

5. Michael James:

   We're continuing to essentially tread water. Apple's numbers were phenomenal but yet the stock is down. Why is that? I think people were expecting a blowout quarter ... so it's kind of a sell-the-news situation.