RACED Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

raced

verb

past tense of race

as in competed

to engage in a contest just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?

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as in sped

to proceed or move quickly was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India

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Recent Examples of raced First responders then raced to get to the crash scene and used ropes to descend down the cliff, but there were no survivors. — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 The two-time Olympic champion from Norway hadn’t raced since having surgery early this year to clean up scar tissue on the protective sheath around his left Achilles tendon. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 Gamache immediately raced his boat toward the group, and the approaching vessel apparently scared the alligator away. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Vancouver, British ColumbiaAP — More than 20,000 people were ordered to leave their homes overnight in western Canada as a fast-moving wildfire grew rapidly and raced toward towns along British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, destroying homes in its path. — CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Stark warning The group included eight women, longtime friends and veteran backcountry skiers with children who also skied and in some cases raced. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Evers’ warning about Hong came very late in the campaign, after the democratic socialist had raced ahead in public polls. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Jiménez raced around from first and nearly scored the tying run, but the Angels completed the relay to cut him down at the plate and end the game. — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 Just over a week earlier, smoke had turned the afternoon almost to night as flames raced along both sides of the road. — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026

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Some theories posit that it was caused by a spike in ocean oxygen levels, a threshold of climate stability or an evolutionary race of sorts as animals competed with one another for resources.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026
Both teams that competed in the Division 2 championship last year, Eastlake and Del Norte, have moved up to Division 1.

— Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of competed

Verb

The year 1933, Arendt contended, marked the close of the age of bourgeois emancipation and Jewish liberation, which brought an end to a feeling of security in the West and signaled that the new sense of security in the East was a pipe dream.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
The union’s original grievance, the city contended, only challenged Biscari’s suspension pending resolution of his criminal case — not the underlying disciplinary action for the crash itself.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of contended

Verb

Aboard our sailing, 102 of the 168 guests had traveled with Windstar before.

— Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
But seeing how the Count traveled the same journey from the Borgo Pass to Exeter by sea sharpens the contrast between these characters, and hints at the undead man’s indomitability.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of traveled

Verb

Vaquer took out Rodriguez and Perez in the process before the trio scurried away.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
While on camera in Los Angeles' Sherman Oaks neighborhood during a live broadcast, a cockroach scurried across Menitoff's blouse and chest before flying away.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Definition of scurried

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The Lions drove to the Bengals 33 on the first series before Jordan Battle picked off Altmyer at the 25 after the pass went off the hands of wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
And high costs and risky conditions along the route had already complicated Putin’s vision – even before Russia’s war against Ukraine drove international players from its Arctic territory.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of drove

Verb

Flooding pours into Indiana homes and businesses Photos and videos out of Indiana show scenes of destruction as floodwater rushed into homes and businesses, leaving them in shambles.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Freeman decided to get up anyway, and the Dodgers' training staff rushed across the field to check on him.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026