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whisk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of whisk

a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down

  • with a whisk of the broom, the dirt was gone
Synonyms of whisk

swish, switch, wag, waggle
Words Related to whisk

oscillation, rock, sway, swing, waver

flap, flutter, wave, whip

flick, jerk, jolt, snap, twitch

jiggle, shake, wiggle

bob, nod

whisk

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of whisk

1 to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

  • the museum guide kept whisking us along, telling us there was much more we had to see
Synonyms of whisk

accelerate, bundle, fast-track, hasten, hurry, quicken, rush, speed (up)
Words Related to whisk

drive, goad, prod, propel, push, race, spur, stir, urge

aid, dispatch, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate
Near Antonyms of whisk

delay, encumber, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, interfere (with), manacle, rein (in), restrain, shackle, tie up, trammel

arrest, check, stall, stay, still, stop
Antonyms of whisk

brake, decelerate, retard, slow (down)

2 to move or proceed smoothly and readily

  • now that the highway has been widened, traffic just whisks along
Synonyms of whisk

bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep
Words Related to whisk

fly, race, rush, speed
Near Antonyms of whisk

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

labor, toil
Antonyms of whisk

flounder, struggle

3 to proceed or move quickly

  • whisked through the crowd and delivered the urgent message
Synonyms of whisk

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, zip, zoom
Words Related to whisk

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

arrow, beeline
Phrases Synonymous with whisk

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
Near Antonyms of whisk

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)
Antonyms of whisk

crawl, creep, poke

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