'Promenade' definitions:
Definition of 'promenade'
(from WordNet)
noun
A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year [syn: promenade, prom]
noun
A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk [syn: promenade, mall]
noun
A square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
noun
A march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
noun
A leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation]
verb
verb
Take a leisurely walk; "The ladies promenaded along the beach"
Definition of 'Promenade'
From: GCIDE
- Promenade \Prom`e*nade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Promenaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Promenading.] To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Promenade'
From: GCIDE
- Promenade \Prom`e*nade"\, n. [F. (with a foreign suffix), from promener to lead, take for a walk, se promener to walk, from L. prominare to drive forward or along; pro forward + minare to drive animals. See Amenable, Menace.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A place for walking; a public walk. --Bp. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'promenade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airing,
- alameda,
- amble,
- bal,
- bal costume,
- bal masque,
- ball,
- barn dance,
- beaten path,
- beaten track,
- berm,
- bicycle path,
- boardwalk,
- boulevard,
- bridle path,
- caravan,
- catwalk,
- cavalcade,
- column,
- constitutional,
- cortege,
- country dance,
- dance,
- defile,
- display,
- dress parade,
- esplanade,
- fancy-dress ball,
- fastwalk,
- file,
- file off,
- flaunt,
- flyover,
- foot pavement,
- footpath,
- footway,
- forced march,
- funeral,
- garden path,
- go on parade,
- groove,
- hike,
- hiking trail,
- hop,
- jaunt,
- line,
- mall,
- march,
- march past,
- mask,
- masked ball,
- masque,
- masquerade,
- masquerade ball,
- mixer,
- motorcade,
- mule train,
- mush,
- pack train,
- parade,
- path,
- pathway,
- perambulate,
- peripatetic journey,
- peripateticism,
- pomp,
- prado,
- procession,
- prom,
- public walk,
- ramble,
- record hop,
- review,
- run,
- runway,
- rut,
- saunter,
- schlep,
- shindig,
- shindy,
- show off,
- sidewalk,
- skimmington,
- square dance,
- stag dance,
- stream,
- stretch,
- stretch the legs,
- string,
- stroll,
- strut,
- take a stretch,
- take a walk,
- tea dance,
- the dansant,
- towing path,
- towpath,
- track,
- trail,
- train,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- trottoir,
- trudge,
- turn,
- walk,
- walking tour,
- walkway