Synonyms of stampede

stampede 1 of 2

noun

as in flood

a large group of animals or people moving together in a quick and disordered way

During the morning rush hour, the coffee shop gets hit with a stampede of customers.

Related Words

• flood
• rush
• torrent
• flow
• tide
• stream
• inundation
• influx
• overflow
• deluge
• spate
• flight
• river
• exodus
• inflow
• income
• emigration
• inrush
• outpouring
• flux
• inpouring
• outflow

stampede

2 of 2

verb

as in to dart

to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group

At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria.

Related Words

• dart
• jog
• rush
• hurry
• race
• gallop
• streak
• scurry
• trot
• scamper
• sprint
• accelerate
• beetle
• scuffle
• dash
• flit
• whirl
• speed
• fly
• whiz
• overtake
• outrun
• quicken
• step out
• jump
• bolt
• catch up
• outpace
• scud
• step
• scoot
• drive
• outstrip
• scuttle
• run
• arrow
• chase
• motor
• jet
• hare
• blaze
• hurtle
• charge
• career
• blast
• ram
• hasten
• crack (on)
• buzz
• rocket
• course
• breeze
• travel
• bustle
• barrel
• pelt
• beeline
• tear
• fast-forward
• rustle
• belt
• hustle
• hump
• blow
• bundle
• rip
• hurl
• zip
• bomb
• nip
• hie
• careen
• cannonball
• shoot
• zoom
• whisk
• highball
• hotfoot (it)
• bowl

Dissimilar Words

• drag
• hang (around or out)
• lag
• linger
• poke
• dawdle
• shuffle
• stroll
• tarry
• loiter
• amble
• saunter
• slow (down or up)
• lumber
• plod
• creep
• dillydally
• decelerate
• crawl
• dally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stampede

Noun

Meanwhile, popular trails like Laguna de los Tres in Los Glaciares National Park can feel like a stampede at the height of summer. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Theoretical physicists tend to vote with their feet, and AdS/CFT sparked a stampede. — Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

Verb

Sailing through the Drake Passage is like being on a mountain bike and joining in with a herd of stampeding bison, or like paragliding between Alpine peaks in the middle of the wildest storm. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Or a time at an outdoor concert in Denver when gunshots broke out and the whole crowd stampeded in panic away from the brutal sound. — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026