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 app quickly rocketed to the top of app stores and has gained more than 10 million users, according to the company. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Whether a second season shifts into the heavens to rocket off on an outer space trajectory for a follow-up season is yet to be seen. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026

If two typical galaxies met in a head-on collision, the dark matter would experience very little friction, or drag, and would keep on rocketing by. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

High water flows from rain or glacier melt can undercut the moraines, triggering landslides and creating debris flows that go rocketing down the mountains. — Andrew Fountain, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026