pace

Meaning

Noun

1. A step.
2. A step.
3. A way of stepping.
4. A way of stepping.
5. Speed or velocity in general.
6. A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
7. A group of donkeys.
8. (obsolete) A passage, a route.
9. (obsolete) A passage, a route.
10. (obsolete) A passage, a route.

Adj

Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

Verb

1. To walk back and forth in a small distance.
2. To set the speed in a race.
3. To measure by walking.

Prep

With all due respect to.

Synonyms

step

stride

speed

walk

🚶

gait

tread

footstep

velocity

rate

tempo

cadence

measure

walk up and down

carriage

yard

straddle

take a step

quickness

foot

🦶

stroll

walking

🚶

pacing

swiftness

rapidity

stalk

amble

progress

promptitude

promptness

rack

rapidness

remove

respect

rhythm

road

🛣️

roll

rostrum

run

rush

sashay

sight

snappiness

speediness

stage

stair

step on

street

strut

swing

throb

time

⌚

toddle

tone

trail

treadle

trekking

tribune

view

way

go back and forth

walk back and forth

walk slowly

speed of a pitched ball

walk quickly

space between two footsteps

stair landing

move a step

ambulation

appearance

aspect

countenance

downslope

elan

fastness

footboard

footfall

footpace

glass

gradation

guise

hiking

landing

look

manner

march

marching orders

motion capture

move

one-step

pad

pas

pedal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.