Synonyms of scuttle

scuttle 1 of 2

verb

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
• step on it
• belt
• highball
• bomb
• get a move on
• make tracks
• gallop
• bustle
• flit
• scamper
• hotfoot (it)
• shake a leg
• cannonball
• accelerate
• beetle
• sprint
• streak
• overtake
• stampede
• step out
• scud
• quicken
• outrun
• scuffle
• whiz
• outstrip
• outpace
• whizz
• 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

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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