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 changes come after back-to-back years in which spring break crowds were relatively small, and there were no stampedes or shootings on Ocean Drive as there had been in prior years. —Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 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