Synonyms of scoots

scoots

verb

present tense third-person singular of scoot

as in scurries

to proceed or move quickly

now we've got to scoot, or we'll be late

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scurries
• hurries
• trots
• rushes
• speeds
• zips
• flies
• races
• travels
• drives
• jumps
• chases
• buzzes
• runs
• scuttles
• dashes
• blows
• zooms
• steps
• rips
• bowls
• darts
• barrels
• whirls
• rams
• shoots
• jogs
• hustles
• blasts
• hurls
• tears
• rustles
• careens
• hies
• whisks
• motors
• hurtles
• hastens
• blazes
• jets
• bustles
• bolts
• humps
• belts
• rockets
• gallops
• nips
• cracks (on)
• steps on it
• courses
• breezes
• beats it
• scampers
• hares
• pelts
• bundles
• careers
• makes tracks
• bombs
• flits
• highballs
• hotfoots (it)
• cannonballs
• sprints
• shakes a leg
• accelerates
• gets a move on
• whizzes
• scuds
• outruns
• beetles
• overtakes
• streaks
• stampedes
• quickens
• outpaces
• outstrips
• steps out
• scuffles
• beelines
• arrows
• catches up
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• creeps
• lingers
• lags
• pokes
• loiters
• hangs (around or out)
• dawdles
• saunters
• ambles
• shuffles
• strolls
• tarries
• dallies
• plods
• lumbers
• slows (down or up)
• decelerates
• dillydallies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scoots

His eyes are on the screen as Jefferson scoots in from his outside receiver position and launches into a block with his shoulder against a Green Bay Packers cornerback. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The suspect then sits down in the chair and scoots away. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 2 May 2026

With 248 hp and instant torque, the Roadster scoots to 60 mph in under four seconds with a shiftless (single speed) transmission. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025