Synonyms of trotting

trotting

verb

present participle of trot

1

as in jogging

to go at a pace faster than a walk

had to trot to keep up with the tour guide's quick pace

trotted around the bases after hitting a home run

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jogging
• running
• galloping
• sprinting
• racing
• hurrying
• dashing
• skipping
• rushing
• scampering
• speeding
• tripping
• leaping
• scooting
• scurrying
• zipping
• bounding
• hustling
• loping
• cantering
• springing
• blazing
• tearing
• zooming
• buzzing
• bowling
• humping
• barreling
• blasting
• whirling
• shagging
• hurling
• scuttling
• hurtling
• coursing
• bolting
• careening
• hastening
• whisking
• blowing
• ripping
• rocketing
• bustling
• jetting
• rustling
• breezing
• belting
• ramming
• pelting
• shooting
• haring
• nipping
• pattering
• hying
• stepping (along)
• cannonballing
• footing (it)
• bombing
• legging (it)
• hotfooting (it)
• hoofing (it)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dragging
• lingering
• shambling
• creeping
• crawling
• poking
• lagging
• dawdling
• loitering
• trudging
• plodding
• dallying
• tarrying
• lumbering
• limping
• hobbling
• dillydallying

2

as in racing

to proceed or move quickly

now trot along and get washed up for supper

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trotting

Jeon Do-yeon, who plays the family’s matriarch, is colorfully slinky as a globe-trotting party widow, a vain, compulsively seductive narcissist who macks on her daughters’ men like a Real Housewife given a villain’s edit. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Raccoon City is but one setting in the video games’ globe-trotting canon. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Truth Or Consequence was recorded at the El Coyote Café in Los Angeles and is the first live album from the globe-trotting Australian punk-rockers, winners of seven ARIA Awards. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026

Only the boy’s early obsession with the keyboard—initially discouraged by his parents—pointed to his destiny as a globe-trotting concert pianist, a composer in the major classical genres, and a fluent essayist and autobiographer to boot. — Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026

With his dog trotting closely behind him, Harlow greeted fans as many waited in line for New Balance backpacks and swag. — Ruby Grisin, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

Donald Steven Lang, 62, was taken into custody over the weekend at the request of the United States, federal authorities said Tuesday, ending a far-reaching search for the globe-trotting sailor. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

The referee’s visual countdown may prove worthless if the player trotting off has his back to the official, which will invariably be the case. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

The psychological revenge thriller of Season 1 opens up into a globe-trotting espionage thriller taking Reece across the Indian Ocean, Southern and Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026