Synonyms of scurry

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verb

as in to hurry

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurry
• rush
• fly
• race
• trot
• speed
• travel
• jump
• drive
• chase
• zip
• scoot
• run
• scuttle
• buzz
• blow
• dart
• step
• tear
• dash
• rip
• rustle
• blast
• hurl
• zoom
• shoot
• whirl
• hasten
• jog
• hustle
• hurtle
• breeze
• bowl
• bolt
• careen
• ram
• course
• blaze
• crack (on)
• hare
• whisk
• hie
• nip
• motor
• pelt
• rocket
• career
• jet
• hump
• scamper
• barrel
• bustle
• gallop
• beat it
• bundle
• belt
• flit
• get a move on
• make tracks
• highball
• step on it
• hotfoot (it)
• bomb
• shake a leg
• cannonball
• accelerate
• sprint
• stampede
• streak
• beetle
• whiz
• overtake
• whizz
• quicken
• step out
• outrun
• scud
• scuffle
• outpace
• outstrip
• catch up
• arrow
• fast-forward
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• crawl
• drag
• poke
• linger
• hang (around or out)
• dawdle
• loiter
• poke
• lag
• stroll
• tarry
• saunter
• amble
• shuffle
• plod
• slow (down or up)
• lumber
• decelerate
• dillydally
• dally

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• creep
• crawl
• drag
• poke
• linger
• hang (around or out)
• dawdle
• loiter
• poke
• lag
• stroll
• tarry
• saunter
• amble
• shuffle
• plod
• slow (down or up)
• lumber
• decelerate
• dillydally
• dally

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scurry

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noun

as in scuttle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scuttle
• bustle
• scramble
• stir
• flutter
• rush
• hurry
• beeline
• haste
• flurry
• dash
• stampede
• whirl
• precipitation
• hustle
• hastiness
• precipitousness
• velocity
• speed
• expedition
• rapidity
• swiftness
• impulsivity
• quickness
• impulsiveness
• rashness
• impetuosity
• dispatch
• impetuousness
• celerity
• hotheadedness
• promptitude
• promptness
• fleetness
• speediness
• fastness
• expeditiousness
• rapidness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deliberation
• slowness
• deliberateness
• procrastination
• lateness
• lethargy
• inertia
• torpor
• inaction
• sluggishness
• dilatoriness
• languor
• pokiness
• dormancy
• inertness
• inactivity
• quiescence
• leisureliness

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• deliberation
• slowness
• deliberateness
• procrastination
• lateness
• lethargy
• inertia
• torpor
• inaction
• sluggishness
• dilatoriness
• languor
• pokiness
• dormancy
• inertness
• inactivity
• quiescence
• leisureliness

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