SWANNING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

swanning

verb

present participle of swan

as in strolling

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Toward the end of his first day, Chekhov spotted an officer strolling confidently down the street.

— Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Check out what Northlanders can expect to find while strolling the aisles.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026

Definition of strolling

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The visuals of fighters warming up inside the White House and sauntering down the Truman balcony, many wrapped in the American flag, was an unusual spectacle indeed.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Kane somehow manages to be a masterful playmaker and deadly striker at the same time, dropping deep to dictate the tempo of a game or spray a 50-yard pass, before sauntering into the box to top up that goal tally.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Definition of sauntering

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According to a Facebook post shared by Real County Animal Rescue-Shelter, Gracie was still missing as of noon on June 22, and had last been seen ambling by a game camera west of Leakey.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
And his discussion of Turgenev’s The Singers, an ambling story that leads us to a singing competition in an inn, reveals a much quieter social reversal.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026

Definition of ambling

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There were more than a dozen giraffes moseying in the early morning sun, their stature made all the more astounding by their unexpected multitude.

— Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
Sara Westfall's 5-year-old daughter was the first to spot Rex moseying down the sidewalk.

— Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026

Definition of moseying

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In light of modern threat scenarios—particularly the widespread use of drones and loitering munitions—the Skyranger closes a critical capability gap for Western armed forces.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026
On one particular muggy day, there had been only a few young men loitering outside before their swim.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

Definition of loitering

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This season, our editors are savoring the activities that take us back to some of our favorite childhood days—jumping off docks, sliding down twisty pool slides, and lingering outside long into the evening.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
Any strange or lingering foot symptoms, though, could be a sign of a bigger health condition.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 3 July 2026

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