cakewalk

noun

cake·walk ˈkāk-ˌwȯk

Synonyms of cakewalk next

: a one-sided contest : an easy victory

In states and localities across America, good times are making for reelection cakewalks.—

Douglas Foster

: an easy task

… it's no cakewalk to raise a family on two part-time salaries, even for a little while.—

Belinda Luscombe

: an African American entertainment having a cake as prize for the most accomplished steps and figures in walking

: a stage dance developed from walking steps and figures typically involving a high prance with backward tilt

cakewalk intransitive verb

cakewalker noun

Examples of cakewalk in a Sentence

She expected the election to be a cakewalk. Reducing the state budget is not going to be a cakewalk.

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Kamala Harris should have a cakewalk to the Oval Office. —

Greg McKenna, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024 The legal wrangling in this election could make that which followed the 2000 election in Florida look like a cakewalk. —

Reuben E. Brigety Ii, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2020 After winning the offseason free agent sweepstakes for both Ohtani and starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a cakewalk in the NL West was expected. —

Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 Yes, but: Seattle is playoffs-bound, too, so this won't be a cakewalk. —

Maxwell Millington, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cakewalk