Synonyms of races

races 1 of 2

noun

plural of race

1

as in families

archaic a group of persons who come from the same ancestor

the last descendent of a race of kings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• families
• tribes
• clans
• houses
• people
• lineages
• folks
• blood
• households
• stocks
• dynasties
• descendants
• kins
• kindreds
• kinsfolk
• lines
• kinfolks
• nuclear families
• issues
• extended families
• offspring
• relatives
• broods
• progenies
• blended families
• seed
• scions
• kiths
• kinsmen
• clansmen
• kinswomen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• origins
• births
• pedigrees
• extractions
• descents
• ancestries

2

as in nations

dated a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions

Winston Churchill's famous hope and prediction that World War II would be remembered by future generations as the finest hour of the Britannic race

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nations
• nationalities
• ethnicities
• minorities
• families
• houses
• tribes
• clans
• folk
• kindreds

races

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of race

1

as in competes

to engage in a contest

just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• competes
• contends
• fights
• battles
• rivals
• vies
• faces off
• challenges
• plays
• maneuvers
• jockeys
• engages
• tries out
• goes out
• trains
• works
• jostles

2

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• travels
• trots
• drives
• flies
• chases
• rushes
• scurries
• zips
• jumps
• hurries
• runs
• buzzes
• bowls
• courses
• darts
• scoots
• dashes
• blows
• motors
• tears
• steps
• barrels
• jogs
• blasts
• careers
• scuttles
• zooms
• rams
• bolts
• hares
• belts
• jets
• hustles
• rips
• blazes
• shoots
• cracks (on)
• breezes
• whirls
• hurtles
• rockets
• gallops
• humps
• bombs
• bundles
• bustles
• whisks
• beats it
• hurls
• steps on it
• pelts
• rustles
• hies
• makes tracks
• hastens
• nips
• sprints
• careens
• highballs
• cannonballs
• hotfoots (it)
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• streaks
• beetles
• scampers
• flits
• stampedes
• accelerates
• whizzes
• overtakes
• scuffles
• steps out
• scuds
• outruns
• quickens
• outpaces
• outstrips
• arrows
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lags
• crawls
• creeps
• drags
• pokes
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• strolls
• pokes
• loiters
• dawdles
• tarries
• shuffles
• dallies
• saunters
• slows (down or up)
• ambles
• plods
• dillydallies
• lumbers
• decelerates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of races

Noun

If the current odds in all those states hold, the Democrats would win 18 out of 35 races and shift the majority from 53-47 for the Republicans to 52-48 for the Democrats. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

In just 11 days, millions of Americans will head to the polls to vote on key local races and decide the fate of Congress. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

The final races are scheduled to take place in Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, respectively. — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Sportsbook operators, including FanDuel and DraftKings, have funneled more than $80 million into state senate and congressional races, via Win for America, a PAC launched in November 2025. — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Robots may one day outrun people, yet the Olympic 100 meter races will still be held and audiences will still be moved. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has spent around $366 million across 40 races so far in the midterms, based on CNBC’s calculations, making Musk the largest individual donor of the cycle. — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Its stated purpose is to help Democrats win competitive Pennsylvania House races and flip the chamber. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026

Republicans are trying to maintain their four-seat majority in the Senate in November and are currently locked in competitive races in North Carolina, Maine, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas and Alaska, in addition to Texas. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Verb

Even as China races the United States for AI supremacy, Reuters has reported that China’s Moonshot AI is in talks with Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet for a share of the revenue those companies earn from hosting its Kimi K3 model. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

The high pressure air in the Great Basin races downhill to the coast. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

These days, the market is awash in retailers and consumer plays that are leaking market cap as every investment dollar races out into the AI trade. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

The Supra is one of the vehicles most closely associated with Walker’s Fast & Furious character, Brian O’Conner, who builds and races a bright orange version of the A80 in the first installment of the popular movie franchise. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026

In its breathless finale, Curry races through the mansion reconstructing every murder, flinging himself through doors and corridors while maintaining the verbal precision of a stage actor performing at double speed. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Finn Gomez / Getty Images Kirkwood, who races for Andretti Global, started second but took the lead on the opening lap with a daring maneuver around the outside of pole-sitter and championship leader Alex Palou in front of the National Archives. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026

When Phoebe Hunt, a documentarian for Tempus Tours, discovers that a real estate heiress who didn’t return from a journey is actually a suspicious woman from Phoebe’s past, Phoebe races to stop history from being rewritten. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

Five big School Board races Despite Broward’s anemic turnout, the stakes are high for the county School Board on Tuesday. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026