TRACKS Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of track

as in trails

a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it a muddy track across the kitchen floor

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as in paths

a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps there was still a faint track through the underbrush that indicated where the path used to be

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as in routes

the direction along which something or someone moves I followed the track of the thief's eyes as he watched the woman put the money into her purse and walk away

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tracks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of track

as in chases

to go after or on the track of predators stealthily tracking their prey

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as in traverses

to make one's way through, across, or over once upon a time, millions of buffalo tracked the wide open plains

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Noun

These cocktail cars are the latest additions in a decade of Skunk Train team improvisations in the wake of long history and, more recently, trouble on the tracks. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Officers noted that both crossing arms were lowered and the warning lights were on when the person walked onto the tracks. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Both crossing arms were lowered and warning lights were activated at the Bond Road rail crossing when the man walked onto the tracks and was struck by the train, the Elk Grove Police Department said in a post to social media. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 On top of that, the plugs offer passive isolation (the seal of the bud) and adaptive sound masking (soothing audio tracks that help cover up your beloved’s snoring). — Jessica Sager, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 My co-worker Tracy spotted a bottle priced at $1,000, which definitely stopped us in our tracks. — Chase Jordan october 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 What were your choices when selecting the rap tracks for the series? — Elise Brisco, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2026 But one of the most striking features of Libertad is that even its most intense tracks feature catchy melodies and irresistible grooves. — Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026 There is no option to simply block labeled AI tracks from appearing in your playlists. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

Kevin Roose, co-host of the upcoming NPR podcast Machine Gods, formerly The New York Times' Hard Fork, tracks the handful of characters racing to make AI a commercial reality. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026 Tracking illness in Colorado Colorado tracks flu and other respiratory illnesses year-round. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The average new car now sells for about $50,000 and the average new electric vehicle for about $55,000, according to Kelley Blue Book, a company that tracks car prices. — John Paul Helveston, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 September's producer price index — which tracks wholesaler inflation — and retail sales data are slated to be released this morning. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The device also tracks sleep and physical activity, giving users insights via a companion app into what behaviors might be driving changes in their blood pressure. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 As the name suggests, the reference combines a perpetual calendar that tracks leap years and varying month lengths without correction until the next century, and a rattrapante, or split-seconds, chronograph capable of timing two events at once. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026 At Edward Jones, CIO Kevin Adams has moved part of managerial memory and follow-through into an AI system that tracks context across enterprise programs and committees. — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Their readings feed into an app that tracks focus, detects fatigue, and builds a long-term record of how those signals change over time. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracks

Noun

Buffalo Bayou Park is directly across the street with trails, public art, and skyline views.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
The relentless rain associated with Hurricane Isaias didn’t stop some hikers from venturing onto trails and greenways in North Carolina, leading to life-threatening predicaments, officials say.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of trails

Noun

Imagine that two planets orbit a star on very similar paths, but one (call it Planet 1) is just barely closer to the star than the other (Planet 2).

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
In contrast, a learner that assumes the world has shape, persistent objects, agents with goals, causes that precede effects and space with paths through it only needs enough data to locate things within that structure.

— Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of paths

Noun

One of the first to try on that hat was the agency's Perseverance rover on Mars, which used machine learning to plan and complete its first drive on the Red Planet using routes mapped out by generative AI in December 2025.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Throughout the war, Russia has repeatedly bombarded Ukraine’s Black Sea and Danube river ports, leaving Kyiv increasingly reliant on alternative routes to get its grain exports to markets in Africa and the Middle East.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of routes

Verb

The Carolinian line heads from Charlotte to Raleigh and up the coast to New York City, and the Piedmont line traverses North Carolina.

— Eva Flowe October 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
This fourth full-length from the London jazz quintet traverses Black diasporic sound traditions — grime, reggae, Afrobeat — mulling over the question of how music so joyous can be rooted in histories of pain.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of traverses

Noun

There was also a similar threat in 2023 when election offices in California, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state received mailings that contained a white powder, some of which contained traces of the powerful opioid fentanyl, NBC reported.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
On Monday night, investigators worked into the late hours using luminol, a chemical that can reveal traces of blood not visible to the naked eye.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of traces

Noun

But this one swept through Bright Angel Canyon, the site of one of the few footpaths that lead up the Gran Canyon’s North Rim.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
According to the National Park Service, the footpaths through the forested ridgetops of Pennsylvania are among the most popular.

— Idra Novey, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

Definition of footpaths

Noun

By definition, tiny houses pretty much always involve working around constraints, but some designers have found clever ways of making a small home feel like a larger one.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Ioannidis argues that, in some ways, claims of scientific progress are a public relations game.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

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