Synonyms of dashing

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adjective

ˈda-shiŋ 

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

the dashing heroes in stories about the American West

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• daring
• brave
• bold
• fearless
• courageous
• enterprising
• venturous
• gallant
• venturesome
• adventuresome
• hardy
• impulsive
• reckless
• heroic
• nerved
• gutsy
• audacious
• heroical
• valiant
• foolish
• nervy
• impetuous
• free-swinging
• emboldened
• spirited
• heedless
• madcap
• valorous
• intrepid
• plucky
• brash
• daredevil
• headlong
• hotheaded
• wild
• imprudent
• foolhardy
• stupid
• rash
• thoughtless
• dauntless
• swashbuckling
• silly
• unafraid
• incautious
• spunky
• undaunted
• overconfident
• stalwart
• mad
• dumb
• hasty
• lunatic
• unnecessary
• stout
• gritty
• overbold
• lionhearted
• scatterbrained
• insane
• nutty
• crazy
• absurd
• idiotic
• precipitate
• wacky
• stouthearted
• brainless
• witless
• whacky
• irrational
• harebrained
• unreasonable
• asinine
• moronic
• balmy
• gadarene
• greathearted
• half-witted
• idiotical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• careful
• shy
• cowardly
• cautious
• timorous
• wary
• coward
• craven
• milky
• unadventurous
• prudent
• unenterprising
• pusillanimous
• afraid
• startled
• heedful
• frightened
• fearful
• overcautious
• scared
• alarmed
• sound
• terrified
• spooked
• poltroon
• reasonable
• wise
• calm
• shocked
• rational
• cool
• sensible
• affrighted
• chickenhearted
• lily-livered
• sane
• horrified
• unnerved
• sage
• levelheaded
• milk-livered
• upset
• overcareful
• worried
• concerned
• terrorized
• fainthearted
• dismayed
• appalled

dashing

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verb

present participle of dash

1

as in trotting

to go at a pace faster than a walk

one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trotting
• jogging
• running
• hurrying
• galloping
• sprinting
• rushing
• speeding
• racing
• scampering
• leaping
• skipping
• tripping
• scurrying
• zipping
• scooting
• bounding
• hustling
• springing
• loping
• tearing
• blazing
• scuttling
• hurtling
• whirling
• blowing
• blasting
• hurling
• buzzing
• cantering
• careening
• bustling
• bowling
• ripping
• barreling
• whisking
• zooming
• shagging
• hastening
• pelting
• rustling
• coursing
• ramming
• rocketing
• humping
• bolting
• jetting
• breezing
• belting
• hieing
• pattering
• shooting
• haring
• hying
• barrelling
• nipping
• cannonballing
• stepping (along)
• footing (it)
• bombing
• legging (it)
• hotfooting (it)
• hoofing (it)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dragging
• shambling
• lingering
• creeping
• crawling
• poking
• lagging
• dawdling
• loitering
• trudging
• dallying
• tarrying
• plodding
• lumbering
• limping
• hobbling
• dillydallying

2

as in hurrying

to proceed or move quickly

we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurrying
• scurrying
• rushing
• travelling
• flying
• trotting
• speeding
• racing
• traveling
• zipping
• driving
• chasing
• jumping
• darting
• running
• buzzing
• scooting
• blowing
• stepping
• scuttling
• tearing
• blasting
• whirling
• blazing
• ripping
• zooming
• bowling
• ramming
• hustling
• bolting
• jogging
• hurling
• careering
• hurtling
• rustling
• shooting
• barreling
• breezing
• careening
• bustling
• whisking
• galloping
• motoring
• pelting
• haring
• hastening
• coursing
• rocketing
• nipping
• humping
• bundling
• jetting
• barrelling
• hieing
• cracking (on)
• belting
• hying
• cannonballing
• flitting
• scampering
• beating it
• highballing
• bombing
• sprinting
• scudding
• stepping on it
• whizzing
• getting a move on
• scuffling
• making tracks
• streaking
• hotfooting (it)
• shaking a leg
• stampeding
• accelerating
• beetling
• outrunning
• overtaking
• quickening
• stepping out
• outstripping
• outpacing
• arrowing
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• poking
• dragging
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• strolling
• lagging
• dawdling
• loitering
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• plodding
• lumbering
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• decelerating
• dillydallying

3

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throwing
• tossing
• hurling
• flinging
• slinging
• firing
• launching
• hurtling
• heaving
• casting
• darting
• bowling
• chucking
• pelting
• catapulting
• lobbing
• pegging
• pitching
• flipping
• lofting
• gunning
• rolling
• letting fly
• thrusting
• propelling
• passing
• projecting
• hooking
• precipitating
• shooting
• ejecting
• bucking
• impelling
• rifling

4

as in splashing

to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy

our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashing
• splattering
• soaking
• spattering
• drowning
• bathing
• washing
• saturating
• plashing
• sprinkling
• spraying
• drenching
• impregnating
• bespattering
• sopping
• watering
• steeping
• squirting
• slopping
• dousing
• sousing
• slushing
• dowsing

5

as in slopping

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets

a sudden jolt dashed the hot coffee onto the driver's lap

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashing
• slopping
• sloshing
• spattering
• sprinkling
• swashing
• spraying
• dabbling
• lapping
• washing
• plashing
• squirting
• spritzing

6

as in depressing

to make sad

she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depressing
• troubling
• torturing
• worrying
• burdening
• weighing down
• saddening
• oppressing
• concerning
• getting down
• dejecting
• bothering
• bumming (out)
• distressing
• ailing
• tormenting
• afflicting
• disturbing
• discouraging
• upsetting
• unnerving
• unsettling
• daunting
• perturbing
• dispiriting
• disquieting
• disheartening
• dismaying
• discomforting
• agitating
• demoralizing
• undoing
• exercising
• unhinging
• discomposing
• freaking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• lightening
• exciting
• brightening
• assuring
• invigorating
• comforting
• reassuring
• enlivening
• soothing
• animating
• consoling
• cheering (up)
• stimulating
• inspiring
• buoying
• encouraging
• gladdening
• exhilarating
• solacing
• pleasing
• gratifying
• lifting
• delighting
• elevating
• uplifting
• boosting
• elating
• heartening

Examples of dashing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

With Ariya, Nissan seems determined to erase memories of Leaf with its more dashing Ariya sibling. —cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023

Over the years, her co-stars also included Europe’s most dashing male stars of the era, among them Louis Jourdan, Fernando Rey, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Alec Guinness. —Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023

However, the cracks start to show in their relationship when Josh's ex Chloe (Anna Faris) turns up, and Nat meets a dashing man at work. —Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023

The dashing and talented Seth Mnookin—author of the upcoming smash hit The Panic Virus—is holding a contest surrounding my new book! —Sheril Kirshenbaum, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2011