stroll

Noun

1. A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
2. A dance of the 1950s in which dancers leisurely stepped, cross-stepped, and dipped at the knee to the beat of the music.

Verb

1. To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
2. To go somewhere with ease.
3. (intransitive, slang) To walk the streets as a prostitute.
4. (intransitive) To do, obtain, or achieve something in a casual and effortless way.

Opposite of

labor, scrape, squeeze, limp, squeak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹəʊl/

Etymology

Borrowed from German strollen, a variant of Alemannic German strolchen, from Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”).

Synonyms

walk

🚶

saunter

ramble

promenade

wander

roam

amble

go for a walk

take a walk

walk about

perambulation

walk around

loiter

airing

perambulate

meander

walk slowly

stride

strut

walking

🚶

dawdle

hang around

pace

drift

jaunt

tramp

loaf

turn

mosey

kick about

kick around

pace up and down

stroll about

take a break

wander about

wander around

walking aimlessly

serape lightly

walk for pleasure

walk in a preoccupied air

walk leisurely

taking a walk

walk with deliberate steps

holi day

bummel

ambulate

dilly-dally

gallivant

glide

go

Translations

promenade

🚶

passeggiare

🚶

se promener

wandelen

paseo

🚶

Spaziergang

🚶

pasear

flâner

wandeling

🚶

passeggiata

🚶

passear

🚶

spazieren

promener

🚶

spacerować

Bummel