MOTORING Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

motoring

verb

present participle of motor

as in racing

to proceed or move quickly effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish

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as in driving

to travel by a motorized vehicle motoring along the highway at the speed limit

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Recent Examples of motoring Mora picked the ball up on halfway and just kept on motoring forward, moving towards two runners on the right, eventually nudging the ball through for Jorge Sanchez, who bundled the ball across for Quinones to finish. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Some manufacturers are trying to mimic the ICE car experience, such as retro-fitting old school motoring noises and gear simulations to entertain understimulated EV drivers. — New Atlas, 29 May 2026 Between the Orion spacecraft seamlessly motoring onward on the left of this image and two boosters mirroring one another on the right, this booster separation is picture perfect. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 26 May 2026 Again, should these residents of our great city be forced to yield the right of way to a delivery bot motoring down the sidewalk? — Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 The two men high-fived and then put the fish in the livewell before motoring back to the dock to call the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program. — Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 4 Mar. 2026 Still Talking, her final book, will star the same wonderful characters motoring through their days on tides of chat. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 In the red zone with the Broncos motoring on a two-minute drill to end the first half Sunday, Nix stepped up in a collapsing pocket and got dragged down by the Commanders’ Preston Smith. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025 Jill Roberts has spent a lot of time motoring around the Georgia countryside holding a weighted stein. — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025

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Offering a 35% incentive aimed at stiffening up jobs here and enticing post-production to relocate to the Golden State, AB 2319 is racing toward a vote in the state Senate by next week once the bill is in final shape.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
In this dawning age of artificial intelligence, tech companies are racing to train and run their large language models using massive data centers that guzzle electricity and strain resources.

— Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of racing

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The duo bicker, both in person and over the phone, as their uneasy dynamic proves to be the show’s driving force yet again.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
And with the war in Iran already driving up energy and transportation costs, businesses have less room to absorb another hit.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of driving

Verb

Some city and agency officials wondered about the effects of cars speeding past old buildings or museums with precious art inside.

— Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Helicopter footage captured by local CBS and NBC affiliates showed the blue motorcycle speeding on surface streets, with the rider wearing a mask and often appearing to be talking on his phone, and at least once, standing up on his bike.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of speeding

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Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir will lead an official delegation traveling to Tehran on Monday, Iranian state television reported, citing Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Early Friday morning, rock band Buckcherry was involved in a car crash while traveling for its Roar Like Thunder Tour.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of traveling

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The referee’s visual countdown may prove worthless if the player trotting off has his back to the official, which will invariably be the case.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Despite its globe-trotting kidnapping plot, much of the movie’s tension comes down to people in rooms trying to persuade an old man to part with his money.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of trotting

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That’s how Drake Maye ended his latest two-minute drill at Patriots training camp Monday, a meandering march that began around midfield and ended with Maye hurrying the offense to the 3-yard line with 10 seconds on the clock.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Set over the course of eight years (including the lockdown period during COVID), Herry’s film unfolds fluidly, neither hurrying scenes up unnecessarily, nor lingering too long on any incident.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026

Definition of hurrying

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