Synonyms of rocket

rocket

verb

1

as in to race

to proceed or move quickly

the startled cat rocketed out of the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• race
• speed
• fly
• travel
• hurry
• drive
• rush
• zip
• scurry
• trot
• chase
• jump
• scoot
• run
• buzz
• blow
• dart
• jet
• blast
• dash
• motor
• scuttle
• ram
• bolt
• tear
• step
• career
• bomb
• shoot
• bowl
• course
• blaze
• breeze
• zoom
• rip
• barrel
• hurl
• crack (on)
• belt
• hare
• hurtle
• jog
• hustle
• whisk
• cannonball
• highball
• whirl
• beat it
• hump
• hie
• pelt
• bundle
• rustle
• step on it
• hasten
• careen
• make tracks
• get a move on
• nip
• gallop
• bustle
• hotfoot (it)
• shake a leg
• beetle
• streak
• scud
• flit
• accelerate
• sprint
• whiz
• scamper
• stampede
• outrun
• step out
• overtake
• scuffle
• arrow
• outpace
• outstrip
• catch up
• quicken
• fast-forward
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawl
• drag
• poke
• creep
• lag
• hang (around or out)
• poke
• linger
• loiter
• dawdle
• tarry
• stroll
• lumber
• slow (down or up)
• shuffle
• saunter
• decelerate
• amble
• plod
• dillydally
• dally

2

as in to soar

to rise abruptly and rapidly

the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soar
• increase
• surge
• shoot (up)
• peak
• balloon
• skyrocket
• zoom
• swell
• mushroom
• mount
• wax
• snowball
• intensify
• proliferate
• escalate
• multiply
• expand
• accumulate
• enlarge
• build up
• crest
• appreciate
• heighten
• burgeon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tumble
• plunge
• plummet
• fall
• slump
• collapse
• nose-dive
• drop
• decrease
• contract
• diminish
• wane
• lessen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rocket

The probes could collect samples of the moon, place them in the return capsule on the ascent stage, then rocket it from the moon for the trip back to Earth. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026

After two jittery routines to start her competition, Claire triumphed with a stick to rocket ahead of Blakely and Carey. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Surveillance footage obtained by The News shows the explosion erupting on the building’s second floor, sending glass and other debris rocketing across the street. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

This sturdy shoe, which has recently rocketed back into the fashion stratosphere for the first time since the early aughts, offers extra height but with far more cushion and stability. — Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026