Synonyms of course

course 1 of 2

noun

ˈkȯrs 

1

as in procedure

a way of acting or proceeding

the president's usual course has been to obtain advice from several people and then make up his own mind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• procedure
• policy
• program
• strategy
• methodology
• method
• approach
• plan
• line
• intention
• scheme
• purpose
• intent
• design
• direction
• path
• blueprint
• pathway
• tack

2

as in class

a series of lectures on a subject

a course on American history from the colonial period to the present

Synonyms & Similar Words

• class
• seminar
• refresher
• course of study
• curriculum
• clinic
• institute
• elective
• survey course
• minicourse
• core

3

as in process

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 & Similar Words

• process
• procedure
• method
• technique
• proceeding
• operation
• way
• manner
• approach
• program
• system
• scheme
• project
• plan
• strategy
• activity
• mode
• arrangement
• drill
• fashion
• routine
• formula
• design
• style
• undertaking
• work
• layout
• performance
• recipe
• plot
• movement
• form
• enterprise
• functioning
• achievement
• blueprint
• game plan
• attainment
• accomplishment
• ground plan

4

as in route

the direction along which something or someone moves

the river follows a southeasterly course to the ocean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• route
• way
• path
• trajectory
• pathway
• track
• steps
• line
• routeway
• descent
• loop
• circuit
• orbit
• circle
• arc
• flight path
• ascent

5

as in canal

an open man-made passageway for water

the Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course, the New York State Barge Canal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canal
• aqueduct
• racecourse
• waterway
• conduit
• raceway
• river
• watercourse
• flume
• channel
• torrent
• sluice
• stream
• gutter
• spillway
• floodway
• trough
• millstream
• millrace
• rivulet
• sluiceway
• tideway
• swash

course

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to track

to go after or on the track of

after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• track
• pursue
• chase
• follow
• accompany
• trace
• trail
• escort
• dog
• tail
• run after
• tag
• watch
• run
• shadow
• hound
• bird-dog
• hunt
• seek
• observe
• eye
• search (for)
• chaperon
• chaperone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lead
• guide
• pilot
• head

2

as in to traverse

to make one's way through, across, or over

once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traverse
• follow
• cross
• walk
• navigate
• track
• travel
• cover
• pass (over)
• cut (across)
• transit
• proceed (along)
• ride
• go
• hike
• perambulate
• peregrinate
• tread
• run
• traipse
• tramp
• crisscross

3

as in to race

to proceed or move quickly

racehorses coursing down the track

Synonyms & Similar Words

• race
• speed
• travel
• hurry
• drive
• trot
• fly
• rush
• scurry
• run
• chase
• zip
• jump
• step
• buzz
• career
• blow
• scoot
• blast
• scuttle
• shoot
• dart
• breeze
• dash
• rocket
• bowl
• hasten
• belt
• rip
• tear
• motor
• jog
• crack (on)
• whirl
• bundle
• zoom
• bolt
• jet
• beat it
• hare
• ram
• barrel
• step on it
• get a move on
• hie
• rustle
• make tracks
• hustle
• hump
• blaze
• hurl
• hurtle
• gallop
• careen
• pelt
• whisk
• highball
• bomb
• nip
• bustle
• shake a leg
• hotfoot (it)
• cannonball
• sprint
• accelerate
• streak
• scamper
• step out
• flit
• whiz
• stampede
• overtake
• catch up
• beetle
• whizz
• quicken
• scuffle
• outstrip
• outrun
• scud
• outpace
• fast-forward
• arrow
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• crawl
• hang (around or out)
• linger
• drag
• poke
• lag
• stroll
• dawdle
• poke
• tarry
• loiter
• saunter
• slow (down or up)
• amble
• shuffle
• lumber
• plod
• dillydally
• decelerate
• dally

Examples of course in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Not to be confused, of course, with Proposition 133, a competing measure that lawmakers referred to the ballot. —Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024

Any resemblance between himself and a real-life POTUS are, of course, coincidental. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024

Verb

But scientists know far less about what the health impacts of the plastic fragments embedded in our organs and coursing through our blood might be. —Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024

Resilience and tenacity are themes coursing through this year’s fall dance calendar. —Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2024

Phrases Containing course

• course of study
• matter of course
• of course
• par for the course