Synonyms of whisked

whisked

verb

past tense of whisk

1

as in rushed

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 & Similar Words

• rushed
• accelerated
• pushed
• hurried
• urged
• hastened
• bundled
• encouraged
• sped (up)
• quickened
• drove
• raced
• fast-tracked
• propelled
• stirred
• facilitated
• prodded
• spurred
• dispatched
• aided
• goaded
• expedited
• eased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowed (down)
• delayed
• retarded
• restrained
• hampered
• tied up
• hobbled
• hindered
• stopped
• stayed
• decelerated
• impeded
• shackled
• checked
• interfered (with)
• held up
• braked
• held back
• arrested
• encumbered
• fettered
• reined (in)
• stalled
• stilled
• manacled
• trammeled

2

as in flowed

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

now that the highway has been widened, traffic just whisks along

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flowed
• glided
• sailed
• swept
• drifted
• brushed
• slid
• slipped
• rolled
• flew
• cruised
• raced
• sped
• rushed
• streamed
• breezed
• coasted
• bowled
• skimmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggled
• stumbled
• trudged
• floundered
• shuffled
• lumbered
• limped
• stamped
• plodded
• stomped
• labored
• tramped
• stumped
• toiled
• shambled

3

as in sped

to proceed or move quickly

whisked through the crowd and delivered the urgent message

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sped
• raced
• flew
• hurried
• rushed
• scurried
• traveled
• trotted
• drove
• zipped
• chased
• jumped
• scooted
• ran
• buzzed
• stepped
• darted
• dashed
• blew
• blasted
• bolted
• scuttled
• hustled
• whirled
• zoomed
• tore
• rammed
• bowled
• ripped
• hurled
• breezed
• hastened
• rocketed
• motored
• hurtled
• bustled
• jogged
• bundled
• jetted
• rustled
• pelted
• blazed
• shot
• careened
• nipped
• barreled
• hied
• careered
• coursed
• galloped
• cracked (on)
• humped
• belted
• bombed
• beat it
• flitted
• hared
• highballed
• cannonballed
• sprinted
• shook a leg
• whizzed
• scampered
• stepped on it
• made tracks
• hotfooted (it)
• streaked
• scudded
• stampeded
• got a move on
• scuffled
• accelerated
• beetled
• overtook
• quickened
• stepped out
• outpaced
• outstripped
• outran
• caught up
• arrowed
• beelined
• fast-forwarded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dragged
• crawled
• crept
• poked
• lingered
• poked
• strolled
• lagged
• hung (around or out)
• loitered
• sauntered
• shuffled
• ambled
• tarried
• dallied
• lumbered
• plodded
• dawdled
• slowed (down or up)
• decelerated
• dillydallied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whisked

When Avery was whisked to the hospital, Habelitz and Morrow were notified and rushed there, too. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

The next morning, on September 13, around 10 am, the sculptures were reportedly loaded into a car and whisked away. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Readers are whisked away to Jamaica and the Hebrides, the post-apocalyptic future and the medieval past, university lecture halls and modest sailboats. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

Seething supporters gathered near the pens’ main gate, hungry for confrontation, but men in camouflage and tactical vests whisked the two women away to a nearby staging area in a four-vehicle motorcade that slipped almost unnoticed out a side exit. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

But the crowd turned violent, attacking Black bystanders and out-of-state reporters, and the students were whisked away in police cars after only three and a half hours of class. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026

The drink program is small but intentional, anchored by 100% organic ceremonial-grade matcha sourced from Japan that's whisked to order and lattes that lean into roasted, nutty flavors. — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 18 Sep. 2026

After a mysterious encounter one dark and stormy night, Meg, Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin (Sam Hook) are whisked away on a journey through time and space to save their father and possibly planet Earth. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Inside, we were whisked away to a world of rain and candles and velvet and creepy houses and stormy, witchy gloom. — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 14 Sep. 2026