CAREERING Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in rushing

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verb

present participle of career

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten

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Adjective

The passengers had to self-eject from the speeding cab.

— ANDREA SACHS THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
As if rapping from a speeding time machine, Wiki flows about yellow taxis turning into Uber Eats over an instrumental that cruises from a soft breakbeat into a total breakdown of glitchy scratches courtesy of Lil Ugly Mane.

— Lei Takanashi, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026

Definition of speeding

Verb

Set over the course of eight years (including the lockdown period during COVID), Herry’s film unfolds fluidly, neither hurrying scenes up unnecessarily, nor lingering too long on any incident.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026
No point hurrying toward a resolution that was always receding.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of hurrying

Verb

If seeing one scurrying through your living room sends you scrambling for a quick remedy, your instincts are on track.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
The cute animal, who was wearing a leash, was seen happily scurrying around the sandy coastline at sunset, while also taking a dip in the water, alongside Atkins' dog.

— Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Definition of scurrying

Adjective

Using flying distance, an approximate 400-mile trip became a 3,550-mile journey.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
The white-gold indices, also hand-engraved, and star trails, evoking the night sky, are joined by 18-karat-pink-gold hands, a visible flying-tourbillon cage, a dual-register split-seconds flyback chronograph, and a semi-Gregorian perpetual calendar.

— Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026

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Authorities are rushing to stabilize a New York City building after it was deemed structurally unstable, prompting evacuations throughout the surrounding area.

— Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 8 July 2026
Beginning with a driving organ, the bouncy soul-pop tune is a meditation on rushing into love.

— Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026

Definition of rushing

Adjective

Its lightweight frame packages a swift 5-minute charge option that hooks up 3 hours of extra listening, Multi-Point device switching, and Voice Aware side-tone monitoring for phone calls.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
Dent works to instill a culture of swift response anytime a light outside a room door flashes on.

— Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 5 July 2026

Definition of swift

Verb

On a national scale, scientists are still racing to wrap their heads around the environmental footprint of our new AI obsession.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026
Both companies were initially racing to make their Wall Street debuts as soon as this year to secure fresh capital and support their heavy spending — but private fundraisings and credit lines give them more leeway.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Definition of racing

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