Synonyms of speeding

speeding 1 of 2

adjective

as in rushing

Related Words

• rushing
• rapid
• racing
• rocketing
• running
• speedy
• swift
• flying
• lightning
• hurrying
• careering
• fleet
• zipping
• barreling
• warp-speed
• hasty
• bolting
• whirlwind
• breakneck
• brisk
• scooting
• meteoric
• whirling
• scudding
• breathless
• expeditious
• whisking
• fast
• accelerated
• scurrying
• quick
• dizzy
• prompt
• ready
• snappy
• quickened
• hastened
• rushed
• hurried

Dissimilar Words

• slow
• dragging
• creeping
• crawling
• leisurely
• lagging
• tardy
• dilatory
• sluggish
• languid
• unhurried
• laggard
• deliberate
• poky
• dawdling
• dallying
• poking
• dillydallying
• snail-paced
• measured
• snaillike
• lethargic
• inert
• inactive
• lounging
• loafing

speeding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of speed

as in driving

to proceed or move quickly

a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• driving
• hurrying
• racing
• rushing
• zipping
• traveling
• flying
• trotting
• scurrying
• chasing
• jumping
• running
• scooting
• darting
• blowing
• buzzing
• stepping
• dashing
• tearing
• blasting
• zooming
• ramming
• scuttling
• ripping
• barreling
• careering
• blazing
• careening
• whirling
• hustling
• hurtling
• shooting
• jogging
• motoring
• rocketing
• breezing
• bowling
• hastening
• bolting
• galloping
• coursing
• hurling
• whisking
• rustling
• haring
• humping
• bundling
• belting
• jetting
• nipping
• bustling
• cracking (on)
• pelting
• highballing
• bombing
• cannonballing
• beating it
• accelerating
• hying
• flitting
• making tracks
• getting a move on
• sprinting
• whizzing
• stepping on it
• hotfooting (it)
• scampering
• scudding
• streaking
• shaking a leg
• stampeding
• scuffling
• overtaking
• quickening
• outrunning
• beetling
• outstripping
• outpacing
• stepping out
• catching up
• fast-forwarding
• arrowing
• beelining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• loitering
• dawdling
• poking
• strolling
• sauntering
• shuffling
• dallying
• ambling
• decelerating
• plodding
• lumbering
• slowing (down or up)
• tarrying
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of speeding

Adjective

The passengers had to self-eject from the speeding cab. — Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

As if rapping from a speeding time machine, Wiki flows about yellow taxis turning into Uber Eats over an instrumental that cruises from a soft breakbeat into a total breakdown of glitchy scratches courtesy of Lil Ugly Mane. — Lei Takanashi, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026

Josh is faster than a speeding linebacker, more powerful than a defensive lineman, and able to leap tall safeties in a single bound. — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026

Most speeding violations in Ohio add two points to a driver's license, with 12 points resulting in a suspension. — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2025

Other snags are purely visual, notably the capper to the scene where King must toss the bag of ransom millions at a specific time and place, from a speeding elevated train. — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025

Verb

That’s nearly seven times faster than a speeding bullet, according to NASA. — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

The four-season housewife kicked off the 20th-season premiere that aired on Thursday by sharing that her 17-year-old son, Greyson, was stopped by police for speeding. — Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 10 July 2026

Its report lays out dozens of recommendations aimed at improving coordination, speeding service of protection orders, strengthening communication among agencies and making the system more accountable. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Arlington also adds $25 if you’re caught speeding in a school zone and $50 if the offense results in a crash. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026

Some of the data is collected on Allstate’s app through Drivewise, which measures braking, phone use, nighttime driving and speeding across the country. — Julianna Mejia, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Witness Dumitru Cebotari, a taxi driver who was heading home to Wyoming, described seeing the dump truck speeding downhill with smoking tires before the collision. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

The company is speeding up the timeline for the project by more than a decade, with four fabs now scheduled for completion by 2033. — Kif Leswing,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 9 July 2026

In 2016 Earth’s rotation started speeding up, so leap seconds have not been added since then. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 July 2026