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

Or just a fun night with the family — an up-close-and-personal, practically courtside seat to a basketball game replete with players hurtling toward their NBA dreams. —Alex Zietlow april 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026

At this stage, Orion will be 26,500 feet (8,077 m) above the Pacific Ocean but still hurtling down at 325 mph (523 kph). —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026

So, while the dutiful reader is still turning over basic questions about the nature of witchcraft, the girls are already hurtling up the stairs and out of the basement, and Lucie is crossing paths with Isabelle, a hostile neighbor. —Kristen Roupenian, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Unlike rocks on Earth, which have been exposed to eons of weather and geological processes, many meteorites have spent that time hurtling through space, relatively untouched, Fries said. —Maliya Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2026

The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission currently hurtling through space have had a largely quiet journey so far. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026

McGhee was sent hurtling to the floor while Walker pulled up, shot it and drained an 18-footer, all-net. —Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026

Residents complain about damage to their vehicles from rocks kicked up by the trucks hurtling to and from the Meta site. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026

Whether by accident or design, Iran has repeatedly sent projectiles hurtling in the direction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which are sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians, respectively. —Marissa Newman, Bloomberg, 24 Mar. 2026