promenade

1. 1.

   march in a procession

   “the veterans paraded down the street”

   Synonymsparadetroop

   Broadermarch
2. 2.

   take a leisurely walk

   “The ladies promenaded along the beach”

   Broaderwalk

Other forms of promenade

plural

promenades·

past tense

promenaded·

present participle

promenading·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about promenade

What does promenade mean?

promenade means "a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in promenade?

promenade has 3 syllables: pro-me-nade. The stress falls on "nade". In IPA it is /ˌpɹɑməˈneɪd/.

What is another word for promenade?

Close synonyms include prom, mall, amble, saunter, stroll. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is promenade a common word?

promenade is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with promenade?

5 words rhyme with promenade. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.