Synonyms of barreling

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adjective

as in rushing

Related Words

• rushing
• rapid
• speeding
• running
• swift
• lightning
• racing
• whirlwind
• flying
• hurrying
• careering
• speedy
• rocketing
• hasty
• whirling
• breakneck
• zipping
• brisk
• fleet
• scurrying
• scooting
• meteoric
• bolting
• warp-speed
• scudding
• breathless
• whisking
• expeditious
• ready
• quick
• dizzy
• prompt
• accelerated
• fast
• snappy
• hastened
• rushed
• quickened
• hurried

Dissimilar Words

• creeping
• slow
• crawling
• dragging
• lagging
• leisurely
• tardy
• sluggish
• dilatory
• laggard
• languid
• unhurried
• deliberate
• poky
• poking
• measured
• dawdling
• dallying
• dillydallying
• snail-paced
• snaillike
• inert
• lounging
• lethargic
• inactive
• loafing

barreling

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verb

variants or barrelling

present participle of barrel

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of barreling

Verb

Another, much stronger hurricane, Polo, is churning in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico and has the potential to send even larger waves barreling toward the California coast as early as Monday. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

OpenAI, meanwhile, has been barreling through increasingly advanced mathematical problems with little regard for the academic norms and traditions of the field. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 23 Sep. 2026

Questions remain about security in America, with law enforcement officials often referring to a dynamic and fast-moving threat picture, meaning there is no one singular threat barreling down. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

As Judy goes barreling down the street, people stare, drivers yell, and the brassy Brooklynite throws up a finger. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Tolle, all 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, came barreling off the mound, quickly fielded the ball and then ran toward Canzone along the first-base line. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Still, the trade war has compounded GOP concerns that the party is barreling toward November with a political weight on its back that could endanger Republicans’ prospects of holding on to their narrow majorities in the House and Senate. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026

Eric Taylor was at the traffic light on Reisterstown Road at Old Court Road when the bus came barreling toward him on July 8. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Twenty-two years ago Hurricane Charley came barreling up Interstate 4, beginning Florida’s season of tropical pain. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026