hike

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HIKE

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

Synonyms amble, perambulate, ramble, saunter, stroll, tramp, tromp

Related Words roam, rove, wander; peregrinate, traipse, traverse, trek, walk; march, promenade; power walk

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>

Synonyms boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), lift, perk (up), pick up, take up, up, uphold, uplift, upraise

Related Words ascend, mount, rise; rear, upend

Near Antonyms descend, dip, fall, pitch, plunge, slip; bear, depress, press, push; sink, submerge

Antonyms drop, lower

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