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

Van der Poel delivered the superhuman and curled up like a baby, suffering coursing through every nerve end. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 July 2026

There's a theme that's coursing through both parties among voters, Martha, frustration, even anger. — ABC News, 26 July 2026

Merchant galleons coursing into the port of Caldera would be groaning with cacao, tobacco, livestock and hardwoods, transported down by mule from the transit hub of Esparza in the mountain basin above. — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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

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