TRAIL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TRAIL?

Need another word that means the same as “trail”? Find 117 synonyms and 30 related words for “trail” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Trail” are: lead, track, series, stream, string, line, chain, row, succession, train, sequence, aftermath, spoor, path, scent, wake, tail, slipstream, file, rank, column, procession, array, group, following, entourage, convoy, beaten path, pathway, way, footpath, course, road, route, drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, shack, sweep, be drawn, draw, dangle, hang, hang down, tow, droop, creep, crawl, slide, slink, slither, trudge, plod, drag oneself, wander, amble, meander, drift, fade, dwindle, diminish, lessen, wane, ebb, subside, weaken, peter out, melt away, fizzle out, taper off, tail off, grow faint, grow dim, evaporate, disappear, vanish, die, come to nothing, come to a halt, come to an end, run out, follow, pursue, trace, shadow, stalk, hound, hunt, hunt down, keep an eye on, keep in sight, run to earth, run to ground, run down, lose, be down, be behind, lag behind, fall behind, advertise, publicize, announce, proclaim

Trail as a Noun

Definitions of "Trail" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “trail” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A route followed for a particular purpose.
• A long thin part or line stretching behind or hanging down from something.
• The rear end of a gun carriage, resting or sliding on the ground when the gun is unlimbered.
• A beaten path through the countryside.
• A track, scent, or other indication used in following someone or hunting an animal.
• A track or mark left by something that has passed.
• A mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.
• A trailer for a film or broadcast.
• A downhill ski run or cross-country ski route.
• Evidence pointing to a possible solution.
• A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country.

Synonyms of "Trail" as a noun (34 Words)

aftermath	The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual. Food prices soared in the aftermath of the drought.
array	An impressive display. He was clothed in fine array.
beaten path	The accent in a metrical foot of verse.
chain	A decorative chain worn round the neck as jewellery or as a badge of office. He kept the chain of buckets supplied with water.
column	Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower. List your strengths and weaknesses in two columns.
convoy	The act of escorting while in transit. A convoy of lorries.
course	Part of a meal served at one time. The government took a firm course.
entourage	A group of people attending or surrounding an important person. An entourage of loyal courtiers.
file	A number of issues and responsibilities relating to a particular policy area. What progress has the Prime Minister made on the unity file.
following	A group of followers or enthusiasts. He attracted a worldwide following.
footpath	A path for people to walk along, especially a right of way in the countryside.
group	Two or more figures or objects forming a design. I now belong to my local drama group.
lead	A position of leadership especially in the phrase take the lead. The goal of marketing is to generate leads so the sales people can close them.
line	A line marking the starting or finishing point in a race. You must wait in a long line at the checkout counter.
path	A way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading. The missile traced a fiery path in the sky.
pathway	A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain. These neural pathways control vocalization.
procession	The act of moving forward (as toward a goal. Processions were forbidden.
rank	The body of members of an organization or group. They were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks.
road	The part of a road intended for vehicles especially in contrast to a verge or pavement. A road accident.
route	A round travelled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods. Proposals have been put forward for a new route around the south of the town.
row	The act of rowing as a sport. They sat in the front row.
scent	An odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced. She sprayed scent over her body.
sequence	A repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch. A restless search for interesting harmonic sequences.
series	(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams. A series III SWB Land Rover.
slipstream	The partial vacuum created in the wake of a moving vehicle, often used by other vehicles in a race to assist in overtaking. When the US economy booms the rest of the world is pulled along in the slipstream.
spoor	The track or scent of an animal. The trail is marked by wolf spoor.
stream	The act of flowing or streaming continuous progression. A perfect trout stream.
string	Stringed instruments that are played with a bow. A string of burglaries.
succession	A group of strata representing a single chronological sequence. The new king was already elderly at the time of his succession.
tail	A thing resembling an animal s tail in its shape or position typically extending downwards or outwards at the end of something. McDermott worked his way through the tail finishing with ten wickets.
track	The soundtrack of a film or video. A Formula One Grand Prix track.
train	Piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor. Train of mourners.
wake	An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii. In the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured.
way	A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. Didn t know the way home.

Usage Examples of "Trail" as a noun

• The torrential rain left a trail of devastation.
• Easy waymarked trails for the casual walker.
• We drove down in a trail of tourist cars.
• Police followed his trail to Dorset.
• A tear left its trail on her cheek.
• A trail of blood on the grass.
• Country parks with nature trails.
• The hotel is well off the tourist trail.
• This steep trail is as firm as off-piste spring snow.
• Trails of ivy.
• Smoke trails.
• The trail led straight to the perpetrator.
• A recent television trail for ‘The Bill.
• There as a trail of blood.

Trail as a Verb

Definitions of "Trail" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “trail” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Go after with the intent to catch.
• To lag or linger behind.
• (typically of a plant) grow or hang over the edge of something or along the ground.
• Drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground.
• Apply (slip) through a nozzle or spout to decorate ceramic ware.
• Draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.
• Walk or move slowly or wearily.
• Give advance publicity to (a film, broadcast, or proposal.
• Be losing to an opponent in a game or contest.
• Follow (a person or animal) by using marks or scent left behind.
• Hang down so as to drag along the ground.
• (of the voice or a speaker) fade gradually before stopping.
• Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly.

Synonyms of "Trail" as a verb (83 Words)

advertise	Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance. Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence.
amble	Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace. They ambled along the riverbank.
announce	Make known make an announcement. The President s office announced that the siege would be lifted.
be behind	Be identical to; be someone or something.
be down	Be identical or equivalent to.
be drawn	Happen, occur, take place.
chase	Go after with the intent to catch. She chased him out of the house.
chase after	Cut a groove into.
come to a halt	Be received.
come to an end	Have a certain priority.
come to nothing	Reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.
course	Move swiftly through or over. She would course for hares with her greyhounds.
crawl	Feel as if crawling with insects. I turned without stopping and crawled back to the deep end.
creep	(of a thing) move very slowly and inexorably. The fog was creeping up from the marsh.
dangle	Cause to dangle or hang freely. The ornaments dangled from the tree.
die	Cut or shape with a die. Martyrs may die every day for their faith.
diminish	Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of. The trial has aged and diminished him.
disappear	Cease to exist. The sun had disappeared.
dog	Follow (someone) closely and persistently. She has dogged the door shut.
drag	(of an anchor) fail to hold, causing a ship or boat to drift. Drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen.
drag oneself	Pull, as against a resistance.
draw	Engage in drawing. The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population.
drift	Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream.
droop	Droop sink or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. His eyelids drooped and he became drowsy.
drop back	Give birth; used for animals.
drop behind	Leave or unload.
dwindle	Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength. Her savings dwindled down.
ebb	Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb. My enthusiasm was ebbing away.
evaporate	Change into a vapor. The chemist evaporated the water.
fade	(with reference to film and television images) come or cause to come gradually into or out of view, or to merge into another shot. Some shots have to be faded in.
fall behind	Begin vigorously.
fizzle out	Be made known; be disclosed or revealed.
follow	Choose and follow as of theories ideas policies strategies or plans. Those who seek to follow Jesus Christ.
get behind	Overcome or destroy.
give chase	Move in order to make room for someone for something.
go after	To be spent or finished.
grow dim	Come into existence; take on form or shape.
grow faint	Cause to grow or develop.
hang	Deliver a pitch which does not change direction and is easily hit by a batter. The room in which the pictures will hang.
hang back	Cause to be hanging or suspended.
hang down	Be exhibited.
hound	Harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly. The detectives hounded the suspect until they found him.
hunt	Use a hound or a horse for hunting. Police are hunting for her attacker.
hunt down	Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent.
keep an eye on	Fail to spoil or rot.
keep in sight	Keep in a certain state, position, or activity.
lag behind	Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
lessen	Wear off or die down. The warmth of the afternoon lessened.
lose	Miss from one s possessions lose sight of. This clock will neither gain nor lose a second.
meander	(of language, thought, etc.) proceed aimlessly or with little purpose. The path meanders through the vineyards.
melt away	Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.
peter out	Be made known; be disclosed or revealed.
plod	Walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps. We plodded back up the hill.
proclaim	Indicate clearly. He was proclaimed King.
publicize	Make (something) widely known. Use the magazine to publicize human rights abuses.
pursue	Follow in or as if in pursuit. The officer pursued the van.
run down	Make without a miss.
run out	Travel a route regularly.
run to earth	Sail before the wind.
run to ground	Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.
shack	Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly. They won t believe I ve shacked up with someone so good looking.
shadow	Envelop in shadow cast a shadow over. The market is shadowed by St Margaret s church.
slide	Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. She slid the keys over the table.
slink	Move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, in a stealthy or sensuous manner. The fox came slinking through the bracken.
slither	Move smoothly over a surface with a twisting or oscillating motion. We slithered down a snowy mountain track.
spoor	Follow the track or scent of (an animal or person. Taking the spear he set off to spoor the man.
stalk	Go through (an area) in search of prey. Stalk the woods for deer.
stream	Put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together. My eyes were streaming.
subside	Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place. It took seven days for the swelling to subside completely.
sweep	Sweep with a broom or as if with a broom. They were trying to get the Lewis gun up behind some trees from where they would sweep the trench.
tag	Attach a monitoring tag to. Pieces of DNA tagged with radioactive particles.
tail	Remove or shorten the tail of an animal. Her calligraphy was topped by banners of black ink and tailed like the haunches of fabulous beasts.
tail off	Remove or shorten the tail of an animal.
taper off	Give a point to.
tow	Of a motor vehicle or boat pull another vehicle or boat along with a rope chain or tow bar. The authorities refused to allow the tanker to be towed into their ports.
trace	Discover traces of. Trace a pattern.
track	Make tracks upon. The camera eventually tracked away.
train	Travel by rail or train. Last October I started training for the London Marathon.
trudge	Walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions. She trudged through blinding snow.
vanish	Disappear suddenly and completely. The effect vanished when day broke.
wander	Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way. Her mind wanders.
wane	(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size. Confidence in the dollar waned.
weaken	Become weaker. The prisoner s resistance weakened after seven days.

Usage Examples of "Trail" as a verb

• Her robe trailed along the ground.
• The toddler was trailing his pants.
• Her voice trailed away.
• The defending champions were trailing 10—5 at half-time.
• Sam suspected they were trailing him.
• John trailed behind his class mates.
• Alex trailed a hand through the clear water.
• The bride's veiled trailed along the ground.
• The bank's plans have been extensively trailed.
• The roses grew wild, their stems trailing over the banks.
• The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart.
• He baulked at the idea of trailing around the shops.

Associations of "Trail" (30 Words)

accordingly	Because of the reason given. Continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor.
along	To a more advanced state. He had brought along a friend of his.
bring	Bring into a different state. This brings me to the main point.
cession	The act of ceding. The cession of twenty important towns.
chase	Seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way. The dog chased the rabbit.
come	Come under be classified or included. The sleeves come to your knuckles.
drag	The act of dragging pulling with force. He dragged me away from the television set.
draw	Obtain or withdraw money from a bank or other source. He would not be drawn on the exact date for the election.
ensue	Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end. The difficulties which ensued from their commitment to Cuba.
find	Make a discovery make a new finding. Find someone guilty.
follow	Choose and follow as of theories ideas policies strategies or plans. Tuesday always follows Monday.
following	Immediately following in time or order. The following day.
hound	Used in names of dogfishes e g nurse hound smooth hound. She was hounded by the Italian press.
listing	An entry in a list or register.
map	To establish a mapping of mathematical elements or sets. A physical and genetic map of the entire human genome.
path	A course of conduct. Our paths in life led us apart.
pursuit	An auxiliary activity. The pursuit of love.
quest	(in medieval romance) an expedition made by a knight to accomplish a prescribed task. She requested an extra bed in her room.
racetrack	A racecourse.
railroad	Supply with railroad lines. The Bill had been railroaded through the House.
railway	A track made of steel rails along which trains run. Services were disrupted after an eight year old boy was spotted trespassing on the railway.
retrace	Trace (something) back to its source or beginning. I wanted to retrace a particular evolutionary pathway.
search	An act or instance of searching a database or the World Wide Web. I did a search for creative writing courses at UK universities and came up with 422.
speeder	A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit.
station	Assign to a station. The lookout resumed his station in the bow.
succeed	Attain fame, wealth, or social status. Will Charles succeed to the throne.
trace	Discover traces of. There wasn t a trace of evidence for the claim.
track	The soundtrack of a film or video. Track mud into the house.
traverse	An area of land surveyed with a traverse. The plaintiff must assert certain facts which if traversed he would be put to prove.
vestige	An indication that something has been present. He waited patiently but without a vestige of sympathy.