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

When a hurricane comes barreling through Florida, there certainly will be winners and losers. — James Coffin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

And as often, reminded viewers of the need for donations to keep their crusade barreling forward. — Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

No other vehicles or civilians were involved in the incident, the sheriff said, noting that three cars had just passed through the intersection before the tractor came barreling through it. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

And there’s rarely time to digest one controversy before the next one comes barreling down the road and smacks us in the mouth. — Bernard Goldberg, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Johnson does good work committing to the bit here, too, barreling forward despite her friends’ alarm and disapproval. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026

But in classic Silicon Valley style, AI labs are moving fast and breaking things, barreling through the discipline with all the grace of a runaway bulldozer. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 28 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