Synonyms of hurrying

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adjective

as in rushing

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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
• encumbering
• staying
• tying up
• holding up
• stalling
• reining (in)
• arresting
• fettering
• stilling
• shackling
• trammelling
• tieing up
• trammeling
• manacling

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

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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
• travelling
• 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
• galloping
• coursing
• haring
• bundling
• pelting
• nipping
• barrelling
• rocketing
• hieing
• 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

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• 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

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