Race
Race verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India
Step
Step verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: many people wanted to linger before the president's bier, but guards kept the line of mourners stepping forward
How words are described
| good | good race | good step |
| particular | particular race | particular step |
| normal | normal race | normal step |
| separate | separate race | separate step |
| Other adjectives: single, new, major, final, next, last, fifth. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The human race is taking it's first step towards the stars, but we are like children compared to you.
Source: Famous Last Words / Whoniverse - Martha Jones: It's like in those films: If you step on a butterfly, you change the future of the human race.
Source: Wrong Time-Travel Savvy -
The second and third movies both have cage fights (which were the predecesors of the Death Race) where fighters step on sword panels to get weapons, as well.
Source: Film / Death Race
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Step and Race. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/race/step
Race & Step. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/race/step>.
Step or Race. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/race/step.
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