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

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

Two-time defending champion Marcell Jacobs pulled up halfway through Tuesday's final with an apparent leg injury before jogging across the line. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Many older adults are staying active through walking, jogging or taking yoga and exercise classes. — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Roughly 30 seconds after that, Simpson is seen jogging back toward his apartment while handling the bag before driving away, investigators said. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

After Gonzales, 19, completed the trip around the bases by jogging over home plate, words appeared to be exchanged with Spartanburgers catcher Cal Stark. — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026

In the clip, a person is seen slowly jogging through a town and in the woods, a field, and other natural settings. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026

High-intensity running also dropped, while jogging and walking increased. — Alan McCall, New York Times, 11 July 2026

His jogging dispatches have become a fixture on LinkedIn with nearly 50 running videos filmed in the past year. — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026