GOOSE-STEP Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

goose-step

verb

Definition of goose-step

as in to trudge

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Recent Examples of goose-step In response, Herrera suggested the goose-stepping video was a joke. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026 Columns of soldiers were seen goose-stepping under floodlights with fighter jets roaring overhead. — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026 As its goose-stepping military honor guards marched past and troops in combat uniforms and gear raced to their vehicles, jets and helicopters screeched past overhead. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025 Variety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda. — Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024 There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood. — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023

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Verb

At Whitley Park, Newcastle’s under-21s trudge off on Monday night having lost their opening Premier League 2 match of the season.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
When the final whistle ended, Messi and the rest of the men in pink trudged off the field and the silent, disappointed crowd headed to the parking lots and train station.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of trudge

Verb

Their father, Jamie, always seemed to be around, smiling and shouting and stomping his feet.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Achord bounces on his toes like an impatient little kid watching his guys work, stomps his right foot on the ground and vaults his right arm forward to demonstrate how someone should return a kick.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of stomp

Verb

Within days, she was fired and marched out of the building in November 2025.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
After returning the opening kickoff to their own 35-yard line, Trimble Tech marched down the field and scored on its first possession when running back Alexander Del Cid powered into the end zone.

— Riley Ledesma, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of march

Verb

Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Speaking of the houseboat, the finale treads some familiar ground for Lewis.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of tread

Verb

The tennis ace stepped behind the club’s plush bar to serve his signature drink, Fritzy Spicy Margarita, and welcomed invitees with a rousing toast.

— Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
Messi, who was a superstar with European teams Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, is regarded as one of the greatest players to have stepped onto a soccer pitch.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of step

Verb

Loaded trucks plodded through the crowd with people in their cargo beds throwing tomatoes at the revelers — who, in turn, hurled them at one another.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Events plod forward, one after the other, and although Michael Shaeffer is a thoroughly compelling presence as the cruel and chronically unstable monarch Aerys, other performances seem nuance-free.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of plod

Verb

This was an era long before people paraded through hotels in flip-flops, yoga pants and workout bras.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The 28-year-old centre-half was paraded on the pitch before the 3-0 home win against Coventry on Friday in the opening game of the new Premier League season.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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