Synonyms for step

verb

• treat badly
• measure (distances) by pacing
• put down or press the foot, place the foot
• cause (a computer) to execute a single command
• furnish with steps
• move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
• move with one's feet in a specific manner
• place (a ship's mast) in its step
• shift or move by taking a step
• walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner

noun

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• a short distance
• a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
• relative position in a graded series
• a musical interval of two semitones
• a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
• the sound of a step of someone walking
• support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
• the distance covered by a step
• a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
• the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down