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 Texas Department of Transportation’s anti-speeding campaign that begins Saturday, July 18, features the story of a Fort Worth teen who was killed in a 2022 crash. — Mary Ella Hastings updated July 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

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

The delay comes as speeding remains a leading factor in traffic crashes across California. — Kristine Lazar, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a new hiring guide for California state employees this week in hopes of speeding up the process. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Responding deputies spotted a car speeding away from the area and tried to pull it over, officials said. — Brian Day, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Responding deputies spotted the suspect vehicle, a Nissan with Oregon license plates, speeding away and attempted a traffic stop. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

This approach has led to clients speeding up workflows seven-fold and reducing spending by up to 10% through fraud detection and negotiations. — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Prosecutors say the woman who was driving Benson-Garrett had her hazard lights on, that Butler was speeding, and that an eyewitness driving near Butler noticed the crash and slowed down. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 July 2026

The Rookie star, 55, joined his cast mates in sharing their stories of being pulled over by police officers for speeding. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

The driver exited the freeway into Koreatown and continued speeding through surface streets, at times crossing into opposing lanes and endangering morning commuters. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026