cruise

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CRUISE

to move about from place to place aimlessly <the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours>

Synonyms bat, cruise, drift, float, gad (about), gallivant (also galavant), kick around, knock (about), maunder, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, traipse

Related Words amble, saunter, stroll; dawdle, mope; gypsy, hobo, tramp, vagabond; mill (about or around); straggle, stray

to move or proceed smoothly and readily <she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease>

Synonyms bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk

Related Words fly, race, rush, speed

Near Antonyms limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge; shamble, shuffle; stamp, stomp, stump, tramp; labor, toil

Antonyms flounder, struggle

to travel on water in a vessel <cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht>

Synonyms boat, cruise, ferry, navigate, ship (out), voyage

Related Words canoe, kayak, yacht; coast

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