Synonyms of hurrying

hurrying 1 of 2

adjective

as in rushing

Related Words

• rushing
• rapid
• speeding
• hasty
• swift
• running
• lightning
• speedy
• racing
• scurrying
• flying
• breathless
• whirlwind
• brisk
• barreling
• zipping
• fleet
• whirling
• bolting
• careering
• scudding
• expeditious
• breakneck
• ready
• quick
• scooting
• whisking
• rocketing
• prompt
• meteoric
• dizzy
• warp-speed
• fast
• hurried
• hastened
• rushed
• snappy
• accelerated
• quickened

Dissimilar Words

• dragging
• slow
• creeping
• leisurely
• crawling
• tardy
• lagging
• dilatory
• sluggish
• unhurried
• languid
• laggard
• poky
• deliberate
• dawdling
• dallying
• poking
• dillydallying
• measured
• snaillike
• snail-paced
• lethargic
• inactive
• inert
• lounging
• loafing

hurrying

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verb

present participle of hurry

1

as in accelerating

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

• rushing
• accelerating
• pushing
• hastening
• urging
• quickening
• encouraging
• bundling
• whisking
• speeding (up)
• driving
• fast-tracking
• spurring
• facilitating
• racing
• propelling
• stirring
• prodding
• aiding
• expediting
• goading
• dispatching
• easing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retarding
• slowing (down)
• delaying
• braking
• decelerating
• impeding
• restraining
• hindering
• interfering (with)
• hampering
• hobbling
• checking
• stopping
• holding back
• staying
• encumbering
• tying up
• holding up
• stalling
• reining (in)
• arresting
• stilling
• fettering
• shackling
• trammeling
• manacling

2

as in scurrying

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushing
• scurrying
• speeding
• trotting
• traveling
• zipping
• racing
• flying
• driving
• chasing
• jumping
• running
• darting
• buzzing
• scooting
• dashing
• blowing
• stepping
• scuttling
• tearing
• blasting
• hastening
• hustling
• whirling
• ripping
• bolting
• zooming
• barreling
• blazing
• ramming
• rustling
• hurtling
• careering
• jogging
• bowling
• breezing
• shooting
• careening
• bustling
• whisking
• hurling
• coursing
• haring
• galloping
• bundling
• pelting
• nipping
• rocketing
• motoring
• jetting
• cracking (on)
• humping
• belting
• hying
• flitting
• highballing
• scampering
• beating it
• cannonballing
• bombing
• sprinting
• stepping on it
• scudding
• making tracks
• hotfooting (it)
• getting a move on
• whizzing
• stampeding
• streaking
• scuffling
• accelerating
• shaking a leg
• quickening
• overtaking
• outrunning
• beetling
• outstripping
• outpacing
• stepping out
• catching up
• arrowing
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• dawdling
• lagging
• poking
• loitering
• strolling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• tarrying
• plodding
• lumbering
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying
• decelerating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurrying

Verb

Set over the course of eight years (including the lockdown period during COVID), Herry’s film unfolds fluidly, neither hurrying scenes up unnecessarily, nor lingering too long on any incident. — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026

No point hurrying toward a resolution that was always receding. — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026

Instead of hurrying to break up tents and scatter RVs, Lee and Oakland’s interim homelessness chief Sasha Hauswald want city workers to focus on minimizing trash and human waste around encampments. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026

Meza Gonzalez and David Christian, one of her attorneys, refused to answer questions from reporters about the plea agreement, hurrying down a flight of stairs at the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center. — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2026

But one weekend in November, people who would typically be hurrying by, staring down at their phones, stopped. — The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025

Butler began hurrying Boise State and pushing up the tempo, which allowed the Broncos to score off several backdoor cuts and slip screens for big dunks and layups at the rim. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Dec. 2025

Kadin Schmitz was all over the field early for Charlotte’s defense, hurrying Retzlaff and then picking him off in the endzone just two plays later, halting what looked to be another sure-fire touchdown drive for the Green Wave. — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Nov. 2025

People of stature, who would never otherwise frequent such a grubby establishment, are hurrying through between busses and stop for a bite. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025