Synonyms of scuttle

scuttle 1 of 2

verb

ˈskə-tᵊl 

as in to scurry

to proceed or move quickly

mice scuttling across the barn floor to escape the cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

scuttle

2 of 2

noun

as in scurry

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scuttle

Verb

Record-low water levels along the Danube River have exposed dozens of German military shipwrecks near the Serbian town of Prahovo, where an estimated 200 vessels were deliberately scuttled by retreating Nazi forces in 1944. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

In Serbia, drought has brought dozens of Nazi-era German warships, scuttled during the 1944 retreat, back into view — a stark reminder of how dramatically the river has receded. — Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Noun

Discovery scuttles any long-term projections about MLB’s cable future, but TBS will continue televising national games through the end of its current deal. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025

This scuttles a compromise, whereby paintings of Lee in his prewar blue Army uniform could remain while the portrait of Lee the secessionist and enslaver came down. — Time, 5 Sep. 2025