Synonyms of coursing

coursing

verb

present participle of course

1

as in chasing

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leading
• guiding
• heading
• piloting

2

as in traversing

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

• traversing
• crossing
• following
• navigating
• walking
• traveling
• covering
• tracking
• transiting
• cutting (across)
• riding
• passing (over)
• proceeding (along)
• going
• hiking
• treading
• perambulating
• peregrinating
• tramping
• running
• crisscrossing
• traipsing

3

as in racing

to proceed or move quickly

racehorses coursing down the track

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of coursing

In the background, two lawsuits are coursing through the court system seeking to curb the naming effort altogether. — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026

Just put a name to the anger coursing through your veins. — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 June 2026

Sam Merrill was violently ill on the off day between games 4 and 5, as a stomach bug (different from Atkinson’s upper respiratory bug) is also coursing through the team. — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 14 May 2026

Its aesthetic is an exemplar of the aughts running aesthetic, with synthetic overlays coursing over a mesh base and often appearing in metallic silver. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 13 May 2026

Since mom already has the candle version, gift her the matching reed diffuser to have her fave scent coursing through her space on a regular basis. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026

Fortunately, the young rider, who was wearing a helmet, righted himself at the last moment, then zipped off down a residential sidewalk at a pretty good rate of speed, based on a video Hall shared on Facebook after the close call — likely with a little more adrenaline coursing through his veins. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026

The blood coursing my veins contains no French elements, save the vestige of an exquisite Bordeaux from last night’s dinner with friends in Beverly Hills, a city within a city that you’d be forgiven for assuming is the official headquarters for the Persian diaspora in America. — Arvand Khosravi, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026

In season two, the trauma of her assault is still coursing through her and sending out aftershocks. — Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026