HIKING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

hiking

verb

present participle of hike

as in strolling

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure she hiked along the trail around the pond

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as in lifting

to move from a lower to a higher place or position with a determined look, he hiked his trousers up and buckled down to work

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Recent Examples of hiking Authorities warned against hiking this route this time of year due to deteriorating conditions and the onset of winter weather. — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 The Federal Reserve is also hiking rates again to rein in stubborn inflation. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 During the milder months, spend days enjoying Edmonton’s beautiful nature, canoeing on Astotin Lake or hiking through aspen forests and wetlands home to moose and bison in Elk Island National Park. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026 After hiking interest rates in September, Fed funds futures traders anticipate the central bank will raise borrowing costs further in December and in 2027. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Intervene in the economy by lowering taxes and hiking government spending, thereby encouraging consumers and businesses to spend and invest themselves and help growth get restarted. — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Before filming, the actors playing the family spent time grocery shopping and cooking together, and even went hiking with a wheelchair, building the ease and affection Lee wanted to bring to the screen. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 There are excursions such as canyoning the river or hiking through Bedwell Sound’s ancient old growth forests and returning to basecamp by helicopter. — Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026 In August, a 29-year-old American tourist from Kansas was killed by a lightning strike while hiking Sicily's Mount Etna. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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Around them, people strolling through Herald Square stopped to watch — all while a seated crowd burst into dance and applause.

— Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Photos of him at campus barbecues or strolling the neighborhood proliferate student social media circles.

— Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of strolling

Verb

Wealthier boomers aged into the 75-and-older bracket between surveys, lifting its median.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
China has opened much of its financial sector to foreign firms since 2018, gradually lifting foreign ownership caps on services such as securities, futures and fund management.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of lifting

Verb

The actor and his wife, singer Dua Lipa, are frequently spotted walking their actual dog, a Labrador-Rottweiler named Golo.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
On the real robot, the team demonstrated walking, following a person with the camera and standing up from lying face down.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of walking

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Those officers were not wearing body cameras, raising questions about why the agency still hadn't gotten the cameras out to officers in the field.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Similar federal lists in other states have proved highly inaccurate, raising concerns that eligible voters could be disenfranchised.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of raising

Verb

The update comes on the heels of security footage from Clarkson’s visit to the store being released, showing Clarkson wandering the store for about five minutes, including a rather brief interaction with a shop employee.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
As the song played, people from neighboring studios, including hip-hop producers and other musicians, began wandering in.

— Alex Distefano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of wandering

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