Synonyms of hurtling

hurtling

verb

present participle of hurtle

1

as in scurrying

to proceed or move quickly

the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in throwing

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

• throwing
• hurling
• tossing
• flinging
• slinging
• firing
• launching
• heaving
• catapulting
• chucking
• pelting
• darting
• lobbing
• dashing
• casting
• bowling
• pegging
• pitching
• lofting
• flipping
• rolling
• propelling
• gunning
• thrusting
• letting fly
• passing
• projecting
• precipitating
• ejecting
• hooking
• impelling
• bucking
• shooting
• rifling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurtling

Cruise plays an oil tycoon who is faced with the end of the world after one of his rigs in Antartica malfunctions and sends ice caps hurtling towards Europe. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

With the story hurtling toward its tragic conclusion, Watkins developed this showstopping set piece during the later stages of rewriting Mike Flanagan’s script. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

Finally, Pattinson threw his whole body into the movement — arms back, face hurtling toward the sink. — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

The film’s focus on the strange and unprecedented power dynamics in an industry that’s hurtling forward at all costs radiated off-screen as well. — Hayden Field, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026

Even the pancreas of a character’s unseen wife, the sickness in which AIG promises to double back and cure if only everyone keeps hurtling forward. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

And — despite the public pushback, an ongoing lawsuit and many unanswered questions — that proposal is hurtling towards final federal approval. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

Spotting even one Bolide in the wild is incredibly rare; seeing a pack of them hurtling down the circuit’s main straight induces goose bumps. — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026

Even in space, hundreds of miles above Earth, hurtling at thousands of miles per hour, astronauts working hard to make progress for humanity are able to find brief moments of transcendent beauty. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026