Synonyms of rocketing

rocketing 1 of 2

adjective

as in rapid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rapid
• rushing
• speeding
• meteoric
• flying
• lightning
• swift
• running
• racing
• speedy
• careering
• brisk
• warp-speed
• whirlwind
• barreling
• fleet
• hasty
• zipping
• breathless
• whirling
• scooting
• breakneck
• scudding
• scurrying
• bolting
• hurrying
• dizzy
• whisking
• accelerated
• expeditious
• prompt
• fast
• quick
• ready
• snappy
• hastened
• quickened
• rushed
• hurried

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• dragging
• slow
• crawling
• lagging
• tardy
• leisurely
• sluggish
• dilatory
• pokey
• languid
• laggard
• unhurried
• poky
• deliberate
• poking
• measured
• dillydallying
• dallying
• snail-paced
• dawdling
• snaillike
• lethargic
• inactive
• inert
• lounging
• loafing

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• creeping
• dragging
• slow
• crawling
• lagging
• tardy
• leisurely
• sluggish
• dilatory
• pokey
• languid
• laggard
• unhurried
• poky
• deliberate
• poking
• measured
• dillydallying
• dallying
• snail-paced
• dawdling
• snaillike
• lethargic
• inactive
• inert
• lounging
• loafing

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rocketing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of rocket

1

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

the startled cat rocketed out of the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeding
• flying
• scurrying
• rushing
• travelling
• racing
• driving
• zipping
• hurrying
• traveling
• trotting
• chasing
• jumping
• buzzing
• running
• scooting
• darting
• blowing
• blasting
• hurtling
• tearing
• dashing
• stepping
• scuttling
• zooming
• careering
• ramming
• blazing
• careening
• ripping
• barreling
• whirling
• bolting
• shooting
• bowling
• hurling
• hustling
• breezing
• galloping
• coursing
• jogging
• hastening
• motoring
• pelting
• barrelling
• belting
• bustling
• jetting
• whisking
• humping
• cannonballing
• haring
• rustling
• nipping
• highballing
• bundling
• cracking (on)
• bombing
• beating it
• hying
• accelerating
• hieing
• flitting
• scampering
• whizzing
• sprinting
• scudding
• stepping on it
• hotfooting (it)
• stampeding
• making tracks
• shaking a leg
• getting a move on
• scuffling
• beetling
• streaking
• outpacing
• outstripping
• outrunning
• overtaking
• quickening
• stepping out
• arrowing
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• lagging
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• strolling
• dawdling
• loitering
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• lumbering
• decelerating
• plodding
• dillydallying
• slowing (down or up)
• tarrying

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• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• lagging
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• strolling
• dawdling
• loitering
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• lumbering
• decelerating
• plodding
• dillydallying
• slowing (down or up)
• tarrying

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2

as in soaring

to rise abruptly and rapidly

the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaring
• surging
• skyrocketing
• increasing
• peaking
• shooting (up)
• zooming
• ballooning
• mushrooming
• swelling
• snowballing
• escalating
• proliferating
• mounting
• cresting
• intensifying
• bourgeoning
• burgeoning
• multiplying
• accumulating
• waxing
• expanding
• enlarging
• heightening
• appreciating
• building up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plunging
• tumbling
• plummeting
• falling
• slumping
• nose-diving
• collapsing
• decreasing
• dropping
• diminishing
• contracting
• waning
• lessening

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• plunging
• tumbling
• plummeting
• falling
• slumping
• nose-diving
• collapsing
• decreasing
• dropping
• diminishing
• contracting
• waning
• lessening

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