Synonyms of sped

sped

verb

variants or speeded

past tense of speed

as in hurried

to proceed or move quickly

a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurried
• raced
• rushed
• traveled
• drove
• scurried
• flew
• trotted
• jumped
• chased
• zipped
• buzzed
• scooted
• ran
• darted
• stepped
• blew
• dashed
• blasted
• zoomed
• whirled
• scuttled
• hustled
• rammed
• ripped
• bolted
• hastened
• hurtled
• jogged
• bowled
• tore
• hurled
• blazed
• whisked
• rocketed
• careened
• motored
• breezed
• bustled
• rustled
• barreled
• careered
• humped
• coursed
• shot
• galloped
• bundled
• hied
• nipped
• pelted
• cracked (on)
• jetted
• belted
• beat it
• bombed
• hared
• flitted
• sprinted
• highballed
• cannonballed
• whizzed
• accelerated
• stepped on it
• scampered
• streaked
• scudded
• made tracks
• shook a leg
• got a move on
• hotfooted (it)
• scuffled
• stampeded
• quickened
• overtook
• beetled
• outpaced
• outstripped
• outran
• stepped out
• caught up
• arrowed
• fast-forwarded
• beelined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crept
• crawled
• dragged
• poked
• lingered
• lagged
• hung (around or out)
• poked
• loitered
• strolled
• sauntered
• shuffled
• ambled
• tarried
• plodded
• dawdled
• dallied
• lumbered
• decelerated
• slowed (down or up)
• dillydallied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sped

Their payout timeline is also sped up to two years instead of the previous five. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Lenexa police are investigating a fatal crash involving a woman who left a medical facility and sped away from officers who were checking on her, a police spokesperson said. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

People walking on the boardwalk narrowly evaded getting hit, with one woman jumping over the railing just in time before the car sped by. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

The Huron Township Public Safety Department said the driver then sped off eastbound on Pennsylvania Road. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Shelter prices -- which include home-owner payments and rental charges -- also sped up in August from July. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

After the shooting, the two suspects jumped into a van and sped away, according to a witness in a nearby apartment, per the affidavit. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026

In June 2021, a camera helped locate a murderer, Joseph Jean, 56, who sped off after stabbing a 38-year-old woman on a sidewalk in Fort Lauderdale, the agency said. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

The research was slow at first, but more recent advances in technology — including artificial intelligence — have sped things up. — Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026