Synonyms of stampedes

stampedes 1 of 2

noun

plural of stampede

as in floods

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

• floods
• rushes
• torrents
• flows
• tides
• inundations
• streams
• deluges
• flights
• influxes
• overflows
• rivers
• spates
• incomes
• emigrations
• inflows
• fluxes
• outpourings
• exoduses
• outflows
• inrushes
• inpourings

stampedes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stampede

as in darts

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

• darts
• jogs
• races
• rushes
• scurries
• trots
• gallops
• hurries
• streaks
• whizzes
• sprints
• scampers
• beetles
• scuffles
• dashes
• whirls
• flits
• accelerates
• speeds
• flies
• overtakes
• outruns
• scuds
• quickens
• jumps
• outpaces
• outstrips
• steps out
• bolts
• scoots
• steps
• chases
• drives
• arrows
• scuttles
• barrels
• rams
• runs
• zips
• tears
• hurtles
• blasts
• travels
• blazes
• beelines
• bustles
• motors
• rustles
• careens
• humps
• careers
• charges
• belts
• catches up
• buzzes
• hustles
• hastens
• fast-forwards
• rips
• hares
• hurls
• hies
• courses
• pelts
• cracks (on)
• bundles
• jets
• rockets
• whisks
• bowls
• blows
• zooms
• nips
• bombs
• breezes
• shoots
• cannonballs
• highballs
• hotfoots (it)

Dissimilar Words

• lags
• drags
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• dawdles
• tarries
• shuffles
• dallies
• ambles
• saunters
• lumbers
• plods
• slows (down or up)
• decelerates
• crawls
• dillydallies
• creeps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stampedes

Noun

The response underscores the intensity of the speculative mania around AI, which has fueled stampedes into would-be winners and panicked rushes away from any industry that seems poised to be hit by the competitive threat. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026

Crowds were relatively small last month, especially compared to March weekends in the years after the COVID pandemic, when thousands of young people packed Ocean Drive and the party was sullied by shootings, stampedes and curfews. — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026

Crowding and stampedes sometimes occur in Pakistan during Ramadan, when government agencies, charities and businesses distribute food and cash to poor families. — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026

In that spirit, the presidency — despite policy detours, rhetorical bucking and social-media stampedes — remains a powerful instrument of national motion. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026

Trump should discipline his rhetoric, avoiding terms such as riots and stampedes that echo regime propaganda. — Behnam Ben Taleblu, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026

The Saudi government has poured massive investment into redeveloping the area around holy site following a series of deadly stampedes and a crane accident that killed more than a hundred people in 2015. — MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

People crushed or suffocated in stampedes. — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025

Verb

That’s not going to happen if DeSantis stampedes lawmakers into a special session. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026