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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of course

1 a way of acting or proceeding
  • The president's usual course has been to obtain advice from several people and then make a decision.
Synonyms of course

line, methodology, policy, procedure, program
Words Related to course

blueprint, design, plan, scheme, strategy

intent, intention, purpose

approach, direction, method, path, pathway, tack
2 a series of lectures on a subject
  • a course on American history from the colonial period to the present
Synonyms of course

class
Words Related to course

elective, refresher

clinic, institute, seminar, survey course

minicourse

core, curriculum
Phrases Synonymous with course

course of study
3 a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result
  • set out on the course that would lead to a college degree
Synonyms of course

operation, procedure, proceeding, process
Words Related to course

drill, routine

fashion, form, manner, method, mode, style, system, technique, way

approach, arrangement, blueprint, design, formula, game plan, ground plan, layout, plan, plot, program, project, recipe, scheme, strategy
4 the direction along which something or someone moves
  • The river follows a southeasterly course to the ocean.
Synonyms of course

line, path, pathway, route, steps, track, way
Words Related to course

circle, circuit, loop, orbit

arc, flight path, trajectory

ascent, descent
5 an open man-made passageway for water
  • The Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course, the New York State Barge Canal.
Synonyms of course

aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway
Words Related to course

millrace, millstream

floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway

swash, tideway, torrent

gutter, trough

river, rivulet, stream

course

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of course

1 to go after or on the track of
  • After coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests.
Synonyms of course

bird-dog, chase, dog, follow, hound, pursue, run, shadow, tag, tail, trace, track, trail
Words Related to course

accompany, chaperone (or chaperon), escort

hunt, search (for), seek

eye, observe, watch
Phrases Synonymous with course

run after
Near Antonyms of course

head
Antonyms of course

guide, lead, pilot
2 to make one's way through, across, or over
  • blood coursing through my veins
Synonyms of course

cover, cross, cut (across), follow, go, navigate, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), track, transit, travel, traverse
Words Related to course

hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk

ride, run

crisscross
3 to proceed or move quickly
  • racehorses coursing down the track
Synonyms of course

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
Words Related to course

dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake
Phrases Synonymous with course

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
Near Antonyms of course

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)
Antonyms of course

crawl, creep, poke

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