Synonyms of rocket

rocket

verb

1

as in to speed

to proceed or move quickly

the startled cat rocketed out of the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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