Synonyms of barreling

barreling 1 of 2

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

With self-driving vehicles and even some humanoid robots entering larger-scale production, there’s an increasingly high demand to build AI systems that better grasp how to move about the physical world without barreling into everything around it. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026

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

One of the genre’s longest-running current series is Chicago Fire, which premiered in 2012 and is currently barreling into its 15th season. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 7 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