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

The main character home is less a style than a filter, and the homeowners who apply it earliest will spend less on trend-chasing over the next few years than those who wait for the pendulum to swing again. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

In the past, his adrenalin-chasing has sometimes come at the expense of less extroverted passages. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

As the chasing cops weave around commuters and a school bus, dash cam video shows Trooper Major pulling up behind the truck and ramming it in the far-right breakdown lane. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Van Aert, to his right, did ensure that any chasing riders had to take a long route around to challenge for the victory. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Merrill’s ups and downs this season can be partially traced to his chasing to the extreme. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Perhaps that is part of why eclipse chasing becomes so addictive. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Companies that shift from trend-chasing to problem-solving will be better positioned to adapt, scale and realize AI’s long-term business value. — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Kennedy says that the recent flows into ETFs, which reached a six-week high, is professional money, not just retail chasing. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Verb

The Englishman shot a 1-under 70 in the final round and was 20 under for the tournament, outclassing the chasing pack led by Spaniard Ángel Hidalgo (67), who finished three strokes back. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Mike Jackson got a groin kind of chasing across the field, hit the ground weird. — Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026

Farmers, chasing the higher prices, ramped up production hard. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

The design of the blackjack game, by contrast, facilitated betting big and chasing losses. — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026

Many commercial fraud tools lean on this older approach, chasing bad patterns instead of modeling good ones. — Wayne Hamilton, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

In fact, chasing the largest possible number can sometimes work against the patient. — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

But San Diego then blew the game open in the seventh, chasing Glasnow and scoring three times off reliever Justin Wrobleski on run-scoring singles by Austin Hays, Salas and Tatis. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

There are playbooks, touchdowns, running, passing and players chasing each other all over the field. — Patricia Babcock McGraw Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026