Word list: Alternatives to "Walk"

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Reina

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Isn't it boring to use the same word "Walk" each time your character moves. Of course there are words like "Tiptoe" "Wander" etc. Which people use, but here is a big list of other words which you could also use.

Instead of walk, consider:

  • Amble: walk easily and/or aimlessly
  • Bounce: walk energetically
  • Caper: skip or dance about in a lively or playful way
  • Careen: pitch dangerously to one side while walking or running
  • Cavort: jump or dance around excitedly
  • Clump: walk heavily and/or clumsily
  • Falter: walk unsteadily
  • Flounder: walk with great difficulty
  • Foot it: (slang) depart or set off by walking
  • Footslog: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
  • Gimp: limp; hobble
  • Hike: take a long walk, especially in a park or a wilderness area
  • Hobble: walk unsteadily or with difficulty; see also limp
  • Hoof it: (slang) walk; see foot it
  • Leg it: (slang) see foot it
  • Limp: walk unsteadily because of injury, especially favoring one leg; see also falter
  • Lumber: walk slowly and heavily
  • Lurch: walk slowly but with sudden movements, or furtively
  • March: walk rhythmically alone or in a group, especially according to a specified procedure
  • Meander: walk or move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
  • Mince: walk delicately
  • Mosey: see amble; also, used colloquially in the phrase "mosey along"
  • Nip: walk briskly or lightly; also used colloquially in the phrase "nip (on) over" to refer to a brief walk to a certain destination, as if on an errand
  • Pace: walk precisely to mark off a distance, or walk intently or nervously, especially back and forth
  • Pad: walk with steady steps making a soft dull sound
  • Parade: walk ostentatiously, as if to show off
  • Perambulate: see stroll; travel on foot, or walk to inspect or measure a boundary
  • Peregrinate: walk, especially to travel
  • Plod: walk slowly and heavily, as if reluctant or weary
  • Pound: walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor; see lumber
  • Power walk: walk briskly for fitness
  • Prance: walk joyfully, as if dancing or skipping
  • Promenade: go on a leisurely walk, especially in a public place as a social activity;see parade
  • Prowl: walk noiselessly and carefully in a predatory manner
  • Pussyfoot: walk stealthily or warily
  • Ramble: walk or travel aimlessly
  • Roam: go without fixed direction and without any particular destination, often for pleasure; see ramble
  • Rove: travel constantly over a relatively lengthy time period without a fixed destination; wander
  • Sashay: glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly; see parade
  • Saunter: walk about easily
  • Scuff: walk without lifting one's feet
  • Shamble: walk or go awkwardly; shuffle; see scuff
  • Shuffle: walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait; seescuff
  • Skulk: move in a stealthy or furtive manner
  • Somnambulate: walk in one's sleep
  • Stagger: walk unsteadily
  • Stalk: walk stealthily, as in pursuit
  • Step: walk, or place one's foot or feet in a new position
  • Stomp: walk heavily, as if in anger
  • Stride: walk purposefully, with long steps
  • Stroll: walk in a leisurely way; see saunter
  • Strut: walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait; see parade
  • Stumble: walk clumsily or unsteadily, or trip
  • Stump: walk heavily, as with a limp; see lumber
  • Swagger: walk with aggressive self-confidence
  • Tiptoe: walk carefully on the toes or on the balls of the foot, as if in stealth
  • Toddle: move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child; see saunter and stagger
  • Totter: walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness; see stagger(also, sway or become unstable)
  • Traipse: walk lightly and/or aimlessly
  • Tramp: walk heavily or noisily; see lumber and hike
  • Trample: walk so as to crush something underfoot
  • Traverse: walk across or over a distance
  • Tread: walk slowly and steadily
  • Trip: walk lightly; see also stumble
  • Tromp: tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot; see lumber
  • Troop: walk in unison, or collectively
  • Trot: proceed at a pace faster than a walk; see nip
  • Trudge: walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions; see plod
  • Waddle: walk clumsily or as if burdened, swinging the body
  • Wade: walk through water or with difficulty, as if impeded
  • Wander: to move from place to place without a fixed route; see ramble

Hope that this helped!
 
This is a great thesaurus resource! <3 Thanks a bunch! Sometimes it's easy to over use action words like that! O_O
 
I also like the phrase '[to] head in that direction'.
 
@Diana Yeah I totally agree with that. I think that it's more interesting to use words like "Strut" and "Swagger" instead of just "Stomp", which is (in my opinion) overused.

@Cammypengu Of course there are things like "Make one's way" "Move across the room" "To head in that direction" Etc. which could be used, and I could make a list of them as well but this list was just about simple words, not about expressions. Thank you for giving me a new idea though :)