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Synonyms & Antonyms of rocket
1
to proceed or move quickly
- the startled cat rocketed out of the room
Synonyms for rocket
- barrel,
- belt,
- blast,
- blaze,
- blow,
- bolt,
- bomb
- [slang],
- bowl,
- breeze,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- buzz,
- cannonball,
- careen,
- career,
- chase,
- course,
- crack (on),
- dash,
- drive,
- fly,
- hare,
- hasten,
- hie,
- highball,
- hotfoot (it),
- hump,
- hurl,
- hurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- jet,
- jump,
- motor,
- nip,
- pelt,
- race,
- ram,
- rip,
- run,
- rush,
- rustle,
- scoot,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- shoot,
- speed,
- step,
- tear,
- travel,
- trot,
- whirl,
- whisk,
- zip,
- zoom
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2
to rise abruptly and rapidly
- the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight
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The first known use of rocket was in 1530
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