Synonyms of chasing

chasing 1 of 2

noun

as in pursuit

the act of going after or in the tracks of another

despite our determined chasing, the rabbit got away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pursuit
• tracking
• chase
• tracing
• trailing
• pursuing
• tailing
• search
• shadowing
• tagging
• hounding
• dogging
• following
• hot pursuit
• seeking
• track
• trail
• path
• tagging along

chasing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of chase

1

as in dismissing

to drive or force out

chased the cat out of the garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissing
• ejecting
• banishing
• expelling
• evicting
• removing
• bouncing
• extruding
• sacking
• routing
• kicking out
• casting out
• firing
• drumming (out)
• ousting
• booting (out)
• running off
• outing
• turning out
• throwing out
• turfing (out)
• sending packing
• giving one the gate
• dispossessing
• exiling
• deporting
• displacing
• terminating
• releasing
• shutting out
• reading out
• ostracizing
• retiring
• expatriating
• discharging
• deforcing
• axing
• defenestrating
• mustering out
• canning
• pink-slipping
• cashiering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• taking
• accepting
• admitting
• taking in
• welcoming
• sheltering
• entertaining
• harboring
• lodging
• housing

2

as in pursuing

to go after or on the track of

a dog that likes to chase cars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pursuing
• tracking
• escorting
• following
• trailing
• tracing
• accompanying
• tailing
• hounding
• dogging
• watching
• tagging
• coursing
• shadowing
• running
• running after
• hunting
• seeking
• bird-dogging
• eyeing
• observing
• chaperoning
• searching (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leading
• guiding
• heading
• piloting

3

as in hunting

to seek out (game) for food or sport

owls often chase mice in the dark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hunting
• stalking
• trapping
• capturing
• snaring
• pursuing
• tracking
• killing
• dragging
• trailing
• hounding
• dogging
• hawking
• ferreting
• netting
• shooting
• coursing
• running
• running down
• culling
• poaching
• harpooning
• gunning (for)
• spooring

4

as in racing

to proceed or move quickly

they chased all over the place to find the missing child

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chasing

Noun

Linguistically, as on the pitch, the Americans can often be found ball-chasing. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

What percentage of your time is coordination, status-chasing, and information relay? — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Children played with buscaniguas, small chasing firecrackers that darted unpredictably across the ground. — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

In that grandest of country music traditions, the Disarmers’ songs were honest reflections of the blackout-chasing lives the members were living, but that changed when Shook got sober in 2019. — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

Also, the Warriors have tax issues, and from a ring-chasing perspective, a return to Boston might be awfully tempting. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 12 June 2026

Her broader shoe history runs from Reebok sneakers on the Golden Globes red carpet to whimsical Irregular Choice styles, pointing to a personal approach to footwear built less around trend-chasing than taste, comfort and surprise. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 June 2026

Barclays says that markets are more euphoric than ever, tracking it through an index that scans the options market across roughly 700 stocks for the signs of speculative chasing. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2026

From Galicia and Asturias to Aragón, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, successful eclipse-chasing in Spain will depend far less on simply being within the path of totality than on precise positioning. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 June 2026

Verb

Imanaga recovered a bit after the leadoff home run, but the Cardinals lineup coaxed long at-bats and drove up his pitch count, chasing the left-hander from the game after 4 2/3 innings. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

These businesses live or die by people answering phones, booking jobs, chasing payments and calming down upset customers. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Chestnut, a 17-time champion, is chasing another Mustard Belt after reclaiming the men’s title in 2025. — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Instead of chasing higher performance, the filing addresses how owners interact with electric propulsion every day. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

When Kylian Mbappé takes the field in a French national team uniform, the 27-year-old forward is competing against not just 11 opponents but countless greatness-chasing peers — past and present. — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 3 July 2026

When the Yanks are chasing history, even Denver’s soccer agnostics are looking for a shotgun seat on the bandwagon. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 July 2026

The lightweight, toner-meets-serum formula also layers in niacinamide and adenosine for anyone chasing a bouncy, healthy glow. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 23 June 2026

The opportunity Upscale is chasing is enormous. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2026