Synonyms of galloping

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adjective

ˈga-lə-piŋ 

as in rapid

moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed

the galloping pace of development in that Sunbelt state

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rapid
• brisk
• fast
• quick
• swift
• rattling
• flying
• whirlwind
• blistering
• lightning
• speedy
• splitting
• breathless
• breakneck
• rapid-fire
• hurried
• hot
• accelerated
• hasty
• zippy
• fleet
• dizzy
• at speed
• fleet-footed
• rushed
• nippy
• snappy
• expeditious
• vigorous
• rush
• ready
• quickened
• strong
• prompt
• breathtaking
• high-speed
• hastened
• energetic
• strenuous
• ultrafast
• ultrarapid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slow
• dragging
• crawling
• plodding
• lingering
• sluggish
• languid
• leisurely
• unhurried
• dallying
• laggard
• deliberate
• poky
• measured
• tardy
• dilatory
• late
• poking
• dillydallying
• dawdling
• slowish
• ultraslow

galloping

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verb

present participle of gallop

as in trotting

to go at a pace faster than a walk

dawdles to school but gallops coming home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trotting
• jogging
• running
• sprinting
• speeding
• hurrying
• racing
• dashing
• scampering
• rushing
• skipping
• tripping
• leaping
• scurrying
• zipping
• scooting
• bounding
• loping
• cantering
• springing
• hustling
• blazing
• barreling
• rocketing
• careening
• hurtling
• hastening
• tearing
• whirling
• coursing
• blasting
• buzzing
• humping
• zooming
• scuttling
• ramming
• rustling
• ripping
• bolting
• blowing
• bowling
• bustling
• hurling
• belting
• shagging
• whisking
• breezing
• jetting
• pelting
• pattering
• shooting
• haring
• nipping
• cannonballing
• footing (it)
• stepping (along)
• hying
• bombing
• hotfooting (it)
• legging (it)
• hoofing (it)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• creeping
• dragging
• lingering
• shambling
• crawling
• lagging
• poking
• dawdling
• loitering
• trudging
• plodding
• dallying
• tarrying
• lumbering
• limping
• hobbling
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of galloping

Adjective

As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality. — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 June 2021

Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse. — Rob Hodgetts At Longchamp, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019

The artist was in Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2019

The artist was in New York’s Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019

And who could forget the haywire moment where a galloping horse went rogue following the ceremony? — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 May 2018

They were then placed together in a sequence, reconstructing the galloping horse with 90 percent accuracy. — Fox News, 13 July 2017

Verb

An unmounted horse galloping into a ranch, saddle empty and reins flying, is a standard cue for horse people to seek the rider. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

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

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

In an era of galloping energy demands – coinciding with the rising impact of global warming – more countries are seeking to add nuclear power to their energy sources. — Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2026

Future work will expand the system to include additional gaits such as galloping and crawling, support more agile turning and sideways movement, and adapt the same learning framework to humanoid robots and other legged machines. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026

One scroll depicting a galloping horse is believed to be by Xu, according to the lawsuit. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026

The actress and director recalled being bucked off her horse and falling into a ditch with dozens of horses galloping toward her. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026