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

1 sense of prowl

Sense 1
prowl -- (the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner))
       => walk, walking -- (the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prowl

2 senses of prowl

Sense 1
prowl -- (move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town")
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")

Sense 2
prowl, lurch -- (loiter about, with no apparent aim)
       => loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around -- (be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?")