Synonyms of breezing

breezing

verb

present participle of breeze

1

as in flowing

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

we breezed through the line for customs at the airport

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breezing

But breezing by the technical stuff also seems to leave some people missing the evidence. — Matthew Herper, STAT, 20 Oct. 2026

That applies to everything from packing to navigating a new city, and of course, breezing through TSA. — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2026

Amsterdam is crowded, and cars, trams, bikers, and pedestrians seem to float by from all directions in silence … lost in the white noise of breezing through this dreamy city on two wheels. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026

Even when Corsini occasionally trusts his audience a little too much, breezing past visual clues that are easy to miss while lingering too long on a second-act monologue about the purpose of art, that confidence is largely earned. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026

Detmers was breezing at that point, retiring all nine Royals hitters in the first three innings, on just 41 pitches. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026

Texas Instruments helped limit Wall Street’s losses after breezing past analysts’ expectations for profit in the latest quarter. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

But Texas Instruments helped offset those losses after breezing past analysts’ expectations for profit in the latest quarter. — Stan Choe, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

Even more than the other chill night-shift doctors, Crus is cool as a cucumber, breezing through patient interactions with a reassuring smile. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026