Synonyms for march
Another word for march is marching, border district or borderland. Below are 16 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses.
Also searched as: marched, marcher, marches.
1. noun: the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
- marching
2. noun: a steady advance
3. noun: a procession of people walking together
4. noun: district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
- border district
- borderland
- marchland
5. noun: genre of music written for marching
- marching music
6. verb: march in a procession
7. verb: force to march
8. verb: walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride
9. verb: march in protest; take part in a demonstration
- demonstrate synonyms
10. verb: walk ostentatiously
- parade synonyms
- exhibit synonyms
11. verb: cause to march or go at a marching pace
12. verb: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- edge synonyms
- border synonyms
- butt
- butt on synonyms
- butt against synonyms
- abut
- adjoin
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- walk synonyms
- walking synonyms
- quick march
- goose step
- promenade synonyms
- lockstep
- countermarch
- routemarch
- progress synonyms
- advance synonyms
- forward motion synonyms
- progression synonyms
- advancement synonyms
- procession synonyms
- onward motion synonyms
- hunger march
- district synonyms
- territory synonyms
- dominion synonyms
- territorial dominion
- military music
- military march
- musical style
- music genre
- martial music
- musical genre
- processional march
- recessional march
- march out
- file synonyms
March in word games
- Letters
- 5
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble MARCH
- Is MARCH a word?
- Words starting with M
Questions people ask
What is another word for march?
You can say marching, border district, borderland, marchland or marching music instead of march. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)".
What is the opposite of march?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for march; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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