- tread
- v1. step, walk, hoof it, ambulate, stump; tramp, trudge, march, plod, plow, mush, shuffle; pace, stride, strut; perambulate, stroll, trek.2. trample, tramp on or upon, stamp, stomp, step on, squash, crush, Dial. squish.3. oppress, violate, do violence to, hurt; infringe on, trench on or upon; run over, ride over, ride roughshod over; domineer, bully, hector, intimidate, browbeat; subjugate, master, conquer.4. tread on [s.o.’s] toesoffend, affront, insult; step on the toes of, Inf. put [s.o.] off, displease, pique, Inf. miff, disgruntle; vex, annoy, incense, exasperate, distress; irk, rankle, roil, Chiefly U.S. rile, rattle, ruffle.n5. step, footstep, footfall, walk; plodding, stamping, stomp, stomping, trampling.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.