Synonyms of hurtles

hurtles

verb

present tense third-person singular of hurtle

1

as in scurries

to proceed or move quickly

the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws
• hurls
• tosses
• flings
• fires
• launches
• heaves
• casts
• catapults
• slings
• bowls
• dashes
• pegs
• lobs
• flips
• lets fly
• darts
• pitches
• chucks
• guns
• propels
• thrusts
• lofts
• passes
• rolls
• precipitates
• pelts
• impels
• ejects
• hooks
• rifles
• shoots
• projects
• bucks