Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lockstep

2 senses of lockstep

Sense 1
lockstep -- (a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly; "the union's support had been in lockstep for years")
       => standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard procedure -- (a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries")

Sense 2
lockstep -- (a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead; "the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep")
       => march, marching -- (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching")