Synonyms of hurries

hurries

verb

present tense third-person singular of hurry

1

as in rushes

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

• rushes
• accelerates
• pushes
• hastens
• urges
• encourages
• quickens
• speeds (up)
• whisks
• bundles
• facilitates
• fast-tracks
• drives
• races
• propels
• stirs
• spurs
• prods
• aids
• expedites
• goads
• dispatches
• eases

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brakes
• slows (down)
• decelerates
• retards
• hinders
• impedes
• restrains
• delays
• stops
• interferes (with)
• hobbles
• hampers
• reins (in)
• encumbers
• stays
• holds back
• arrests
• checks
• holds up
• ties up
• stalls
• fetters
• shackles
• stills
• trammels
• manacles

2

as in scurries

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushes
• scurries
• speeds
• trots
• travels
• races
• zips
• flies
• drives
• chases
• jumps
• buzzes
• scoots
• runs
• blows
• scuttles
• steps
• tears
• hastens
• dashes
• rips
• whirls
• hustles
• darts
• jogs
• zooms
• blasts
• hurls
• rustles
• bowls
• rams
• shoots
• whisks
• hies
• barrels
• hurtles
• bustles
• blazes
• careens
• cracks (on)
• breezes
• bolts
• gallops
• courses
• motors
• bundles
• careers
• jets
• humps
• belts
• steps on it
• nips
• hares
• beats it
• pelts
• scampers
• makes tracks
• rockets
• bombs
• flits
• gets a move on
• hotfoots (it)
• accelerates
• highballs
• shakes a leg
• cannonballs
• sprints
• whizzes
• overtakes
• quickens
• stampedes
• streaks
• outruns
• beetles
• scuds
• outstrips
• outpaces
• scuffles
• steps out
• catches up
• arrows
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• creeps
• lingers
• pokes
• lags
• hangs (around or out)
• dawdles
• loiters
• pokes
• saunters
• strolls
• tarries
• shuffles
• ambles
• dallies
• plods
• slows (down or up)
• lumbers
• decelerates
• dillydallies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurries

If someone hurries you, slow the exchange and name what feels good in your body, like sitting down before deciding on plans. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026

Nix almost always hurries his throws when a blitz comes Harvey’s way, regardless of whether the rookie RB picks it up capably or not. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2025