cakewalk

noun

cake·​walk ˈkāk-ˌwȯk 

1

a

: a one-sided contest : an easy victory

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

—Douglas Foster

b

: an easy task

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

—Belinda Luscombe

2

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

3

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

cakewalk intransitive verb

cakewalker noun

Synonyms

• breeze
• cake
• child's play
• cinch
• cream puff
• duck soup
• kid stuff
• picnic
• pushover
• roses
• snap

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

However, division games are never a cakewalk, and Chicago will be trying to play spoiler. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024

The first part of the journey was, in fact, a cakewalk. —Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024

Thinking this East title series was going to be a cakewalk either way would have been foolish. —Tim Reynolds, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2024

Kamala Harris should have a cakewalk to the Oval Office. —Greg McKenna, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined at sense 2