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
• 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

Examples of scuttle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

When Moscow’s invasion began, Ukraine’s only warship was a Soviet-era frigate that had to be scuttled in the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv to prevent it from falling into Russian hands. —Brian Glyn Williams, The Conversation, 19 July 2024

When researchers poured a cohort of young urchins into the shallow water of the middle Florida Keys in 2021, the spiky orbs scuttled about rocky and sandy patches of seafloor in search of shelter. —Lisa S. Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024

Noun

The crab scuttles from side to side, encouraging babies to get moving. —Phoebe Sklansky, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024

An empty soda bottle scuttles by and the wind yelps with rage and grief and then a car alarm goes off. —Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024