Synonyms of scurries

scurries

verb

present tense third-person singular of scurry

as in hurries

to proceed or move quickly

everyone scurried back to work as soon as they had finished their lunch in the cafeteria

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scurries

Meanwhile, in King’s Landing, Alicent scurries the great halls, desperate to shore up support for her plan to hand Rhaenyra the Red Keep. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

That goes for much here, from the light that scurries away from Benjamín Echazarreta’s muted camera, to the moments of sweetness that punctuate Mariá Portugal’s largely ominous score. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2026

The way Radcliffe scurries out of his chair and into the green room to meet Liu illustrates her visceral impact. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026

Bridgerton fans can spot the Old Royal Naval College mostly throughout season 2, like when a paperboy scurries across the grounds to deliver the latest gossip from Lady Whistledown in the first episode. — Kayla Keegan, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026

The hand then detaches from the arm and scurries forward towards a bannana, flips it upward and secures it on its backside using a single finger. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026

Jackson scurries 14 yards up the middle for a first down. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 11 Oct. 2025

The older dog is shown marching along, while the puppy scurries along, attempting to match its pace. — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

In some versions of the tale, the wolf scurries off to the forest while the three pigs live happily ever after in humble homesteads of their choice. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025