Synonyms of rustling

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noun

as in poaching

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poaching
• looting
• smuggling
• kidnaping
• rapine
• plundering
• pillage
• kidnapping
• abduction
• spoliation
• despoliation
• hijacking
• pilfering
• highjacking
• banditry
• piracy
• carjacking
• despoilment
• shoplifting
• black marketeering
• stealing
• petit larceny
• pilferage
• embezzlement
• petty larceny
• filching
• graft
• shanghaiing
• robbery
• purloining
• burglary
• misappropriation
• larceny
• peculation
• embezzling
• thievery
• misapplication
• theft
• housebreaking

rustling

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verb

present participle of rustle

1

as in grazing

to feed on grass or herbs

just take the steer out to pasture and let it rustle for itself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grazing
• foraging
• browsing
• pasturing
• feeding
• eating
• nibbling
• stocking
• ranging
• overgrazing

2

as in scurrying

to proceed or move quickly

rustled around enthusiastically on the morning of the big trip

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in crackling

to make small sounds usually by rubbing or moving

my pet peeve is candy wrappers rustling during a movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crackling
• whispering
• squeaking
• crinkling
• creaking
• sighing
• murmuring
• gurgling
• swooshing
• crepitating
• whooshing
• babbling