Synonyms of jogging

jogging

verb

present participle of jog

1

as in trotting

to go at a pace faster than a walk

had to jog to catch up to them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trotting
• running
• sprinting
• skipping
• racing
• galloping
• speeding
• dashing
• hurrying
• tripping
• rushing
• leaping
• scampering
• zipping
• scooting
• scurrying
• hustling
• bounding
• loping
• bowling
• springing
• shagging
• cantering
• blazing
• blasting
• zooming
• tearing
• humping
• shooting
• hurling
• ripping
• coursing
• hastening
• buzzing
• bustling
• blowing
• hurtling
• scuttling
• whirling
• rocketing
• whisking
• bolting
• ramming
• jetting
• belting
• rustling
• pelting
• careening
• barreling
• bombing
• haring
• breezing
• cannonballing
• stepping (along)
• pattering
• hying
• footing (it)
• nipping
• legging (it)
• hoofing (it)
• hotfooting (it)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dragging
• lingering
• crawling
• shambling
• creeping
• lagging
• poking
• loitering
• dawdling
• trudging
• plodding
• dallying
• tarrying
• lumbering
• limping
• hobbling
• dillydallying

2

as in bobbing

to make short up-and-down movements

her purse was jogging against her hip as she walked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bobbing
• pumping
• shaking
• jerking
• swaying
• nodding
• wagging
• jouncing
• bobbling
• seesawing
• rocking
• swinging
• ducking
• wiggling
• jiggling
• wobbling
• oscillating
• undulating
• dropping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jogging

For the record, the Chorizo strolled home with the win in the Sausage Race, which was mostly jogging. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

In 2022, Oklahoma death row inmate William Reece received three life sentences after pleading guilty to three murders in Texas, including the killing of 12-year-old Laura Smither, who was abducted while jogging near her home in Friendswood in 1997. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

With his team trailing in the bottom of the 10th inning, Contreras grounded out to third and was once again booed after jogging down the line. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

In Maine, where she was surrounded by outdoorsy types jogging and hiking, and had access to a free gym on campus and money for healthy foods, Marnik had remade herself. — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026

The video showed Shakur and his entourage moving quickly through the crowded building in the minutes after, with some men jogging to keep up. — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Tatis celebrated that first-inning moonshot with a near-instant bat flip, then put his head down and started jogging before the ball landed in the second deck. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

Philadelphia Police Department Smith said the suspect chased a man on the west side of 15th Street and then approached a woman jogging at 15th and Market streets. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Adames then led off the bottom of the seventh, popping out and jogging gingerly back to the dugout. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026