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

3 senses of stride

Sense 1
pace, stride, tread -- (a step in walking or running)
       => step -- (the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps")

Sense 2
footstep, pace, step, stride -- (the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig")
       => indefinite quantity -- (an estimated quantity)

Sense 3
stride -- (significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity")
       => advancement, progress -- (gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts")

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

2 senses of stride

Sense 1
stride -- (walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall")
       => 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
stride -- (cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods")
       => traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across -- (travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day")