Synonyms for
Tracks
Definition
Tracks are marks or paths left by someone or something that has passed.
Synonyms & similar words
track
runway
cover
rails
rail
chase
cartroad
cut
traverse
trail
getacross
cross
carttrack
dog
passover
caterpillartread
givechase
cutacross
racetrack
lead
racecourse
tail
course
raceway
running
footprints
imprints
trails
paths
marks
traces
signs
indicators
clues
spoor
scents
tracings
impressions
grooves
channels
ruts
furrows
divots
indentations
carvings
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- follow the tracks
- lose the tracks
- on the tracks
- train tracks
- animal tracks
- car tracks
- sound tracks
- tracks of a disease
Word family
Usage note
The word 'tracks' can refer to physical imprints left behind, or to a course or path. It is also used in the context of audio recordings (soundtracks) or sports (running tracks).
Example sentences
- The train left tracks in the snow.
- The detective followed the tracks to find the suspect.
- The hiker lost the trail and had to backtrack.
- The animal tracks in the mud showed us which way it went.
- The construction trucks left deep tracks in the dirt road.
Quotes
The tracks of your tears are still fresh on my mind." - Smokey Robinson "I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running climbed up onto the gurney and started taking my first breaths in the world while the driver was outside exchanging cigars with the doorman." - Tom Waits "Everybody's got a past. The past does not equal the future unless you live there." - Tony Robbins "The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people." - Ammachi "Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations." - Oliver Goldsmith "Love is a journey, not a destination." - Lynn Hall "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever." - Peter Hagerty "Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." - Andre Gide "The journey is never-ending. There's always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what's right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment." - Antonio Brown "Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right." - Pope Francis "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao Tzu "The only journey is the one within." - Rainer Maria Rilke "The journey not the arrival matters." - T. S. Eliot "Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved." - Winnie the Pooh "The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
Confucius