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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurtles

As the country hurtles toward a pivotal but divisive election, Netflix has done us all a favor by dropping four documentaries about really funny people this month. — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026

Another 43% do not, and 21% are unsure, highlighting deep uncertainty as the country hurtles toward the 2026 midterm elections in November. — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026

While the world hurtles towards holiday chaos, reclaim your winter solstice with stillness and reflection just as the world’s ancient cultures did thousands of years ago, from Roman Saturnalia feasts to Persian Shab-e Yalda gatherings to the blazing Yule logs of Scandinavia. — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025

Some are passing the cost on to eaters, tacking a few extra dollars onto the price of dishes when ordered for delivery—but as the economy hurtles toward a possible recession, $31 for spaghetti in a cardboard box starts to seem like a bad idea too. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025