Synonyms of gallops

gallops

verb

present tense third-person singular of gallop

as in trots

to go at a pace faster than a walk

dawdles to school but gallops coming home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trots
• jogs
• runs
• sprints
• races
• rushes
• hurries
• speeds
• skips
• dashes
• scampers
• trips
• leaps
• scurries
• scoots
• zips
• hustles
• lopes
• canters
• bounds
• springs
• hastens
• hurtles
• barrels
• careens
• buzzes
• rustles
• hurls
• hies
• tears
• whirls
• rips
• courses
• blazes
• scuttles
• zooms
• whisks
• blasts
• bowls
• bustles
• hoofs (it)
• legs (it)
• breezes
• hares
• jets
• blows
• rams
• humps
• belts
• shoots
• rockets
• shags
• bolts
• foots (it)
• steps (along)
• pelts
• bombs
• nips
• hotfoots (it)
• cannonballs
• patters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolls
• saunters
• ambles
• shuffles
• drags
• lingers
• lags
• crawls
• pokes
• loiters
• shambles
• creeps
• dawdles
• tarries
• dallies
• trudges
• plods
• lumbers
• limps
• hobbles
• dillydallies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gallops

Body camera footage shows the officer repeatedly shouting at a woman to stop running as his horse, Kelly, gallops down the road. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026

Spruce tips and wild garlic sit in jars on the shelves, a unicorn gallops across a tapestry on one wall, and there’s a woodburning stove to gather around. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026

But the cast gallops right past the clichés. — Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025