Trail Synonyms and Antonyms

trāl
To lag behind
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. drag
  2. fall back
  3. loiter
  4. tarry
  5. linger
  6. dawdle
  7. be left behind
  8. draggle
  9. drag along
  10. be out of the running
  11. get behind
  12. be left in the cold
  13. train
  14. hang-back
  15. drop behind
  16. drop-back
Antonyms:
  1. lead
  2. forge-ahead
  3. be leading
To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dally
  2. dawdle
  3. delay
  4. dilly-dally
  5. drag
  6. lag
  7. shack
  8. linger
  9. loiter
  10. poke
  11. procrastinate
  12. tarry
To follow
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. trace
  2. track
  3. follow a scent
Antonyms:
  1. lead
A visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. trace
  2. track
  3. print
  4. way
  5. lead
  6. path
  7. tracks
To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dog
  2. tail
  3. track
  4. follow
  5. chase
  6. shadow
  7. train
  8. course
  9. dawdle
  10. delay
  11. drag
  12. draw
  13. dwindle
  14. footpath
  15. hound
  16. hunt
  17. lag
  18. linger
  19. chase-after
  20. mark
  21. path
  22. plod
  23. pursue
  24. bird-dog
  25. route
  26. scent
  27. spoor
  28. stalk
  29. tag
  30. straggle
  31. stream
  32. tow
  33. give-chase
  34. trace
  35. traipse
  36. trudge
  37. wake
  38. go-after
To follow closely or persistently
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dog
  2. heel
  3. tag
Something that follows or is drawn along behind
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tail
  2. train
  3. wake
Evidence of passage left along a course followed by a hunted animal or fugitive
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scent
  2. spoor
  3. track

Words Related to Trail

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hang
  2. fast
  3. precede
  4. marks
  5. seek
  6. smells
  7. way-marked
  8. gorge
  9. trails
  10. hiking-trail
  11. Pihea
  12. ridge
  13. waymarked
  14. bridle-path
  15. Newtondale
  16. waymarkers

Trail Sentence Examples

  • A scarred tree marked a turning point in the trail, so she slowed down.

  • She glanced down the trail and nodded.

  • They left the main road on a narrow trail consisting of two ruts.

  • Thus they circle until they fall upon the recent trail of a fox, for a wise hound will forsake everything else for this.

  • The trail couldn't have been a road... more likely a wash.

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