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

Heading into the midterm elections, AI now ranks as a key issue in races that will help decide control of both chambers of Congress. — Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Prominent Democratic candidates in Iowa, Wisconsin and Kansas have also stated a preference for Harris to steer clear of their races. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Compiling and sharing data from large races can also help event organizers assess whether changes like earlier start times or alternate dates help reduce the number of people who get sick or hurt. — STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

Polls show close contests in competitive Senate races and rare independent polling in Virginia congressional races. — Ben Binday, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Aside from judges, Brown was the only Democrat still winning statewide races in Ohio. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

The group also recently boosted its spending in Senate races in Ohio and Iowa. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Among the 21 races CNBC analyzed, six challengers led incumbents in cash, but none had twice as much money as the sitting member. — Luke Fountain,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Several states with key Senate races rely on cross-border trade and tourism. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Verb

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

Europe races to scale The political tensions come as Europe’s commercial space industry is gathering momentum. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 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

Many voters will also have Miami-Dade School Board races on their ballots. — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

While demographics and gerrymandering make many North Carolina House and Senate races non-events, a handful of races in the Charlotte area are expected to be close. — Mary Ramsey august 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026