Scrabble & Words with friends points
- step is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- step is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- step is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of step
- treat badly (verb)
Examples
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
Synonyms
- abuse
- ill-treat
- ill-use
- maltreat
- mistreat
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal (noun)
Examples
- the police took steps to reduce crime
Synonyms
- measure
- a short distance (noun)
Examples
- it's only a step to the drugstore
Synonyms
- stone's throw
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance (noun)
Examples
- he taught them the waltz step
Synonyms
- dance step
- relative position in a graded series (noun)
Examples
- always a step behind
- keep in step with the fashions
Synonyms
- gradation
- a musical interval of two semitones (noun)
Synonyms
- tone
- whole step
- whole tone
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface (noun)
Synonyms
- footmark
- footprint
- measure (distances) by pacing (verb)
Examples
- step off ten yards
Synonyms
- pace
- the sound of a step of someone walking (noun)
Examples
- he heard footsteps on the porch
Synonyms
- footfall
- footstep
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway (noun)
Examples
- he paused on the bottom step
Synonyms
- stair
- put down or press the foot, place the foot (verb)
Examples
- step on the brake
Synonyms
- tread
- the distance covered by a step (noun)
Examples
- he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
Synonyms
- footstep
- pace
- stride
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed (noun)
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command (verb)
- furnish with steps (verb)
Examples
- The architect wants to step the terrace
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation (verb)
Examples
- She stepped into a life of luxury
- he won't step into his father's footsteps
- move with one's feet in a specific manner (verb)
Examples
- step lively
- place (a ship's mast) in its step (verb)
- shift or move by taking a step (verb)
Examples
- step back
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down (noun)
Examples
- he walked with unsteady steps
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner (verb)
Examples
- step over to the blackboard
See definition of step in Merriam Webster