Synonyms of bowling

bowling

verb

present participle of bowl

1

as in flowing

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

bowling along in my spiffy new car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flowing
• cruising
• sailing
• gliding
• drifting
• sliding
• rolling
• brushing
• flying
• racing
• sweeping
• slipping
• streaming
• coasting
• speeding
• rushing
• whisking
• skimming
• breezing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggling
• floundering
• limping
• stumbling
• plodding
• trudging
• lumbering
• shuffling
• stamping
• tramping
• laboring
• stomping
• toiling
• shambling
• stumping

2

as in racing

to proceed or move quickly

bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bowling

Boys bowling South Lake finished fourth in the Kegel Invitational with a 2,628 team total, just ahead of East River’s 2,608. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Spencer Johnson replaced Billy Stanlake after the seamer left the field in the second game due to side strain while bowling his fifth over. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Contrastingly, Archer looked for swing, bowling sharply but not express. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Though Larwood was bowling to a conventional field at the time, Jardine immediately switched to a bodyline field, further maddening the audience. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

For example, the letter A might be axe-throwing or an art gallery, while B could be bowling or the beach. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Look down at the go-karts from the ropes course, jump on trampolines, play minigolf and arcade games, or go bowling. — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 15 July 2026

In photos, he is often captured with a beaming smile — at the base of a mountain topped by cascading waterfalls, bowling at the Royal Crest Lanes in Lawrence. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026

Lone lost both arms in an accident at the age of eight and taught himself to play cricket using his legs, batting with the bat braced between his neck and chin and bowling with his feet. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 May 2026