Synonyms of hurried

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adjective

ˈhər-ēd 

as in rushed

acting or done with excessive or careless speed

hurried shoppers who grab the wrong items

ate a hurried meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushed
• hasty
• impulsive
• sudden
• headlong
• cursory
• rash
• reckless
• overhasty
• precipitous
• quick
• makeshift
• rapid
• flying
• drive-by
• precipitate
• swift
• spontaneous
• abrupt
• pell-mell
• helter-skelter
• rush
• impatient
• gadarene
• impetuous
• impromptu
• breathtaking
• unadvised
• speedy
• madcap
• hotheaded
• breakneck
• slapdash
• snap
• headstrong
• spur-of-the-moment
• heady
• horseback
• offhand
• off-the-cuff
• offhanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deliberate
• unhurried
• calculated
• measured
• circumspect
• calculating
• prolonged
• unrushed
• extended
• foresighted
• hesitant
• tentative
• slow
• long-term
• leisurely
• faltering
• hesitating
• forethoughtful
• drawn-out
• laggard
• poky
• dallying
• dawdling
• shilly-shallying

hurried

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verb

past tense of hurry

1

as in accelerated

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushed
• accelerated
• pushed
• urged
• hastened
• encouraged
• quickened
• sped (up)
• bundled
• whisked
• drove
• fast-tracked
• spurred
• facilitated
• raced
• propelled
• stirred
• goaded
• prodded
• aided
• expedited
• dispatched
• eased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowed (down)
• delayed
• retarded
• restrained
• hampered
• impeded
• hindered
• hobbled
• stopped
• encumbered
• decelerated
• tied up
• braked
• interfered (with)
• checked
• shackled
• fettered
• held back
• stayed
• held up
• arrested
• stalled
• reined (in)
• stilled
• manacled
• trammeled

2

as in sped

to proceed or move quickly

if we hurry, we'll make the four o'clock train

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushed
• sped
• scurried
• raced
• trotted
• traveled
• drove
• flew
• zipped
• jumped
• chased
• buzzed
• scooted
• darted
• stepped
• ran
• dashed
• blew
• scuttled
• hustled
• whirled
• hastened
• blasted
• bolted
• ripped
• tore
• rammed
• jogged
• bustled
• zoomed
• bowled
• rustled
• hurled
• whisked
• hurtled
• barreled
• breezed
• blazed
• hied
• bundled
• motored
• cracked (on)
• careened
• humped
• coursed
• galloped
• shot
• nipped
• careered
• rocketed
• pelted
• jetted
• beat it
• belted
• hared
• stepped on it
• bombed
• scampered
• cannonballed
• flitted
• highballed
• sprinted
• hotfooted (it)
• got a move on
• streaked
• made tracks
• stampeded
• whizzed
• shook a leg
• accelerated
• scudded
• scuffled
• quickened
• overtook
• beetled
• stepped out
• outstripped
• outpaced
• outran
• caught up
• arrowed
• beelined
• fast-forwarded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crept
• crawled
• dragged
• lingered
• poked
• lagged
• hung (around or out)
• loitered
• strolled
• poked
• shuffled
• sauntered
• tarried
• ambled
• dawdled
• plodded
• dallied
• slowed (down or up)
• lumbered
• decelerated
• dillydallied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurried

Adjective

That hurried buildup led to an enormous industrial overhang, and, in California’s San Francisco Bay and elsewhere, a sad legacy of polluted and abandoned waterfront. — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

But for some reason the powers that be have decreed artificial intelligence a civilizational imperative, requiring the hurried construction of swarms of data centers, on Earth and in space. — Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

Verb

Just a few feet beyond the forest, buses rumbled past, horns blared, and commuters hurried to work. — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026

Olstead ran to his cubby, put on his jumpsuit and harness, and hurried across the tarmac to the waiting jumpship. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026