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hurry

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hurry

1 excited and often showy or disorderly speed

after all her hurry to get her report done on time, Elizabeth learned that it wasnʼt due till the following week

Synonyms of hurry

haste, hastiness, hustle, precipitation, precipitousness, rush

Words Related to hurry

bustle, flurry, flutter, scurry, scuttle, stir, whirl

beeline, dash, scramble, stampede

hotheadedness, impetuosity, impetuousness, impulsiveness, impulsivity, rashness

expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, fleetness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity

celerity, dispatch, promptitude, promptness

Near Antonyms of hurry

dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination, slowness

languor, leisureliness, lethargy, sluggishness, torpor

dormancy, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, quiescence

Antonyms of hurry

deliberateness, deliberation

2 a high rate of movement or performance

a person who does everything in a hurry

Synonyms of hurry

celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity

Words Related to hurry

clip, gait, pace, rate, tempo

acceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rush

alacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptness

Near Antonyms of hurry

languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torpor

deliberateness, deliberation

dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination

Antonyms of hurry

slowness, sluggishness

3 a state of noisy, confused activity

in all the hurry of the modern world, people tend to forget what's really important

Synonyms of hurry

ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo

Words Related to hurry

cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roar

disorder, unrest, upheaval

eruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburst

brawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee (also mêlée), scuffle

dither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy

Near Antonyms of hurry

calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)

order, orderliness

Synonym Discussion of hurry

haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.

- marry in haste

hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion.

- in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush

speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action.

- exercises to increase your reading speed

expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters.

- the case came to trial with expedition
- paid bills with dispatch

hurry

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hurry

1 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 of hurry

accelerate, bundle, fast-track, hasten, quicken, rush, speed (up), whisk

Words Related to hurry

drive, goad, prod, propel, push, race, spur, stir, urge

aid, dispatch, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate

Near Antonyms of hurry

delay, encumber, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, interfere (with), manacle, rein (in), restrain, shackle, tie up, trammel

arrest, check, stall, stay, still, stop

Antonyms of hurry

brake, decelerate, retard, slow (down)

2 to proceed or move quickly

if we hurry, weʼll make the four oʼclock train

Synonyms of hurry

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Words Related to hurry

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Phrases Synonymous with hurry

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it

Near Antonyms of hurry

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

Antonyms of hurry

crawl, creep, poke

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