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

Ranch activities include hurtling through agility courses, swimming beneath a massive artificial waterfall and roaming sprawling fantasy playgrounds built expressly for their entertainment. — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

The league is hurtling toward an ugly lockout, with owners preparing to cry poverty and demand a hard salary cap to stop the spending monster in Southern California. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

What this means in practice is that the coaster car climbs up a vertical hill before hurtling around 1,230 feet of track culminating in a vertical spire. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Home security camera footage from Luis Morales' house captured the violent collision, which sent the bicyclist hurtling through the intersection. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

The effect was less like watching a time-lapse than hurtling across a social-media feed. — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Trump frequently posts policy announcements and other newsworthy information, including about the Iran war, that sends global markets hurtling up or down. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 July 2026

Now, a deal that was hurtling through the regulatory process at a remarkable pace, going from proposal to the verge of completion in about five months, has now entered into a period of stasis. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026

Many people seemed to feel that the world was hurtling ahead, and that the early days of the pandemic were both very far away and very, very close. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026