Synonyms of gallop

gallop

verb

ˈga-ləp 

as in to trot

to go at a pace faster than a walk

dawdles to school but gallops coming home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trot
• jog
• run
• sprint
• race
• speed
• hurry
• rush
• scamper
• dash
• trip
• skip
• leap
• scurry
• scoot
• zip
• lope
• canter
• hustle
• bound
• spring
• course
• hare
• breeze
• hasten
• jet
• hurtle
• rocket
• tear
• shag
• blaze
• whirl
• hie
• rip
• hurl
• blast
• rustle
• careen
• belt
• hump
• ram
• scuttle
• leg (it)
• bolt
• barrel
• whisk
• blow
• zoom
• bowl
• shoot
• pelt
• buzz
• bustle
• foot (it)
• step (along)
• hoof (it)
• nip
• cannonball
• bomb
• hotfoot (it)
• patter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stroll
• amble
• saunter
• shuffle
• drag
• linger
• creep
• crawl
• dawdle
• lag
• tarry
• loiter
• shamble
• poke
• trudge
• plod
• limp
• lumber
• hobble
• dillydally
• dally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gallop

The thing needed, even in the days of galloping authoritarianism, is to cut the Court down to size. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

One gang wears football pads as armor and comes galloping in on horses, whooping like the Apaches in a John Ford movie. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

The house had been a grand property in another era, complete with Welsh ponies whose riders once galloped through the surrounding woods. — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

At sunset, boys who live in a nearby village are galloping bareback down the beach on their Sumba ponies. — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026