Definition of step

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

  1. She is always stepping on others to get ahead

  Synonyms

  1. abuse
  2. ill-treat
  3. ill-use
  4. maltreat
  5. mistreat
• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal (noun)

  Examples

  1. the police took steps to reduce crime

  Synonyms

  1. measure
• a short distance (noun)

  Examples

  1. it's only a step to the drugstore

  Synonyms

  1. stone's throw
• a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance (noun)

  Examples

  1. he taught them the waltz step

  Synonyms

  1. dance step
• relative position in a graded series (noun)

  Examples

  1. always a step behind
  2. keep in step with the fashions

  Synonyms

  1. gradation
• a musical interval of two semitones (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. tone
  2. whole step
  3. whole tone
• a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. footmark
  2. footprint
• measure (distances) by pacing (verb)

  Examples

  1. step off ten yards

  Synonyms

  1. pace
• the sound of a step of someone walking (noun)

  Examples

  1. he heard footsteps on the porch

  Synonyms

  1. footfall
  2. footstep
• support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway (noun)

  Examples

  1. he paused on the bottom step

  Synonyms

  1. stair
• put down or press the foot, place the foot (verb)

  Examples

  1. step on the brake

  Synonyms

  1. tread
• the distance covered by a step (noun)

  Examples

  1. he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig

  Synonyms

  1. footstep
  2. pace
  3. 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

  1. The architect wants to step the terrace
• move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation (verb)

  Examples

  1. She stepped into a life of luxury
  2. he won't step into his father's footsteps
• move with one's feet in a specific manner (verb)

  Examples

  1. step lively
• place (a ship's mast) in its step (verb)
• shift or move by taking a step (verb)

  Examples

  1. step back
• the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down (noun)

  Examples

  1. he walked with unsteady steps
• walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner (verb)

  Examples

  1. step over to the blackboard

See definition of step in Merriam Webster