Synonyms of struts

struts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of strut

1

as in stalks

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements

the cat strutted proudly onto the porch with a bird in its mouth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stalks
• prances
• swaggers
• sashays
• strides
• pads
• shuffles
• flounces
• steps
• tiptoes
• minces
• treads
• sweeps
• promenades
• lurches
• parades
• traipses
• paces
• staggers
• pussyfoots
• shambles
• lumbers
• pounds

2

as in displays

to present so as to invite notice or attention

strutting his blue ribbon for all to see

Synonyms & Similar Words

• displays
• exhibits
• flashes
• shows
• waves
• exposes
• unveils
• announces
• flaunts
• parades
• produces
• sports
• shows off
• lays out
• advertises
• flourishes
• disports
• proclaims
• reveals
• brandishes
• airs
• posts
• trumpets
• discovers
• heralds
• broadcasts
• publicizes
• divulges
• sounds
• talks (about)
• tells (of)
• blazes
• bares
• placards
• uncovers
• unmasks
• uncloaks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masks
• disguises
• curtains
• covers
• hides
• camouflages
• conceals
• shrouds
• obscures
• veils
• occludes
• enshrouds
• occults

struts

2 of 2

noun

plural of strut

as in trusses

Related Words

• trusses
• bearings
• stands
• stilts
• crutches
• stanchions
• pegs
• arches
• stakes
• frames
• brackets
• posts
• foundations
• girders
• columns
• cantilevers
• pillars
• bolsters
• bases
• pilasters
• pedestals
• mounts
• mountings
• braces
• props
• supports
• buttresses
• reinforcements
• spurs
• underpinnings
• shores
• shorings
• stays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of struts

Verb

Tracee Ellis Ross struts her stuff on the way out of Watch What Happens Live in New York City on July 23. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026

At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage. — Marc Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025

The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025

But the Maginot instead crashes in a part of southeast Asia that’s the dominion of Prodigy, a corporation founded by Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), an overgrown child obsessed with Peter Pan, who struts around his research facility barefoot in pajamas. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025