Synonyms of hare

hare

verb

as in to race

to proceed or move quickly

she's always haring off to attend to some emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• race
• speed
• trot
• hurry
• chase
• rush
• fly
• travel
• scurry
• drive
• zip
• jump
• run
• dart
• scoot
• buzz
• blow
• ram
• dash
• pelt
• bolt
• tear
• scuttle
• jog
• crack (on)
• step
• bowl
• motor
• rocket
• shoot
• course
• hustle
• hie
• jet
• blast
• hump
• rip
• zoom
• breeze
• blaze
• hasten
• whirl
• barrel
• get a move on
• career
• gallop
• belt
• hurtle
• rustle
• bundle
• beat it
• bustle
• hurl
• highball
• nip
• whisk
• make tracks
• bomb
• shake a leg
• step on it
• flit
• cannonball
• beetle
• streak
• careen
• hotfoot (it)
• stampede
• scamper
• sprint
• outrun
• accelerate
• catch up
• step out
• whiz
• scud
• overtake
• arrow
• scuffle
• quicken
• outpace
• outstrip
• fast-forward
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• drag
• crawl
• hang (around or out)
• poke
• lag
• poke
• linger
• dawdle
• tarry
• stroll
• loiter
• amble
• shuffle
• saunter
• lumber
• plod
• slow (down or up)
• decelerate
• dillydally
• dally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hare

But another break by Scotland lock Scott Cummings sent Josh Bayliss haring to the posts, and two minutes later scrumhalf Ben White was stretched to the full to score. — ABC News, 11 July 2026

His meddling resulted in the death of an innocent man, and his inability to stop himself from haring off to fix someone else’s problems has alienated his daughter, who needs her father to show up for her. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025

Now a San Rafael couple is haring their adventures in Curaçao. — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 23 June 2024

Porter and Slotkin were both elected in 2018, and both hare strong fundraisers. — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023

Crafting an opinion that nine individuals can all agree on is also likely to result in a judicial consistency that won’t shift with changing political tides, or hare off too far and fast in a particular direction. — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2022

Karius looked stricken as the game ticked through its final minutes, as Cristiano Ronaldo hared around, desperately searching for the goal that would allow him his moment in the spotlight. — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 May 2018

Sadio Mane intercepted a stray pass on the edge of his area, before playing a through ball between two defenders to set Mohamed Salah haring down the line. — Matias Grez, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018

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