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POUNCED Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word pounced. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For POUNCED

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ambled
verbv
noun

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

verb

• walk leisurely

crept
verbv
noun

• someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

• a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

• a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

verb

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

• to go stealthily or furtively

• grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

• show submission or fear

dawdled
verbv
verb

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• waste time

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

lingered
verbv
verb

• remain present although waning or gradually dying

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

meandered
verbv
noun

• a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

• an aimless amble on a winding course

verb

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

sauntered
verbv
noun

• a careless leisurely gait

• a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

verb

• walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

strolled
verbv
verb

• To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

• To go somewhere with ease.

• To walk the streets as a prostitute.

tiptoed
verbv
noun

• the tip of a toe

adverb

• on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe

verb

• walk on one's toes

Alternatives for AMBLED

Alternatives for CREPT

Alternatives for DAWDLED

Alternatives for LINGERED

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Alternatives for SAUNTERED

Alternatives for STROLLED

Alternatives for TIPTOED

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