Synonyms of whisks

whisks 1 of 2

noun

plural of whisk

as in flaps

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

with a whisk of the broom, the dirt was gone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flaps
• flicks
• switches
• waves
• wags
• twitches
• flutters
• whips
• swishes
• shakes
• waggles
• swings
• wiggles
• rocks
• nods
• wavers
• jerks
• oscillations
• sways
• jolts
• snaps
• bobs
• jiggles

whisks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of whisk

1

as in accelerates

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

• accelerates
• rushes
• pushes
• hurries
• urges
• encourages
• hastens
• speeds (up)
• quickens
• bundles
• fast-tracks
• propels
• facilitates
• drives
• prods
• races
• stirs
• spurs
• aids
• expedites
• goads
• dispatches
• eases

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brakes
• decelerates
• slows (down)
• retards
• hinders
• impedes
• restrains
• interferes (with)
• hampers
• stops
• hobbles
• reins (in)
• delays
• stays
• encumbers
• holds back
• holds up
• arrests
• checks
• ties up
• stalls
• trammels
• shackles
• fetters
• stills
• manacles

2

as in flows

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flows
• glides
• drifts
• cruises
• sails
• sweeps
• brushes
• slips
• bowls
• streams
• slides
• rolls
• speeds
• flies
• rushes
• races
• breezes
• coasts
• skims

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggles
• stumbles
• flounders
• trudges
• limps
• shuffles
• plods
• lumbers
• stamps
• stomps
• stumps
• toils
• labors
• tramps
• shambles

3

as in scurries

to proceed or move quickly

whisked through the crowd and delivered the urgent message

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whisks

Noun

The elephants are escorted by handlers who fan them with peacock feathers and yak-hair whisks. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

Look for other accessories such as chopping cups and pitchers that attach to the hand blender, lids and whisks. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

Teddy bears and textbooks, camping gear stacked against her husband’s drum kit, a jumble of whisks and frying pans catching the morning sun. — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026

In a clean bowl with clean whisks, beat egg whites on high speed until foamy. — Sarah Carey, Martha Stewart, 22 Feb. 2026

These ceramic utensil crocks can hold all of your spatulas, spoons, whisks, and more, and the set of two can fit utensils large and small. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026

Beyond silverware, kitchen tools—like whisks and spatulas—aren’t usually uniform pieces that can be stacked on top of one another in a drawer divider. — Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026

Verb

Alongside, another person whisks over a tall, yolk-yellow block of butter, churned in-house for 48 hours and formed into the craggy shape of one of Rodin’s intentionally incomplete sculptures. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Insider tip Don't overlook the room-to-sand beach service that picks you up at the front of the hotel and whisks you to the shore in a golf cart or pink Land Rover Defender. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

There’s another jarring contrast just a few steps behind the glassy, corporate European Parliament buildings, where the Wiertz Museum whisks you back into the 19th century. — Benjamin Moser, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026

An elevator whisks up to the next floor, where the living and dining rooms sit alongside the kitchen and pantry. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 July 2026

The memorial was erected in 2008 on the outer limit of Wilmington, where the street turns into a highway and whisks you out of town. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026

Margaret, like Daniel, ends up on the lam, and Spielberg whisks the audience along for these two merry chases. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026

Castro whisks readers back to the beginning with this biography, which recounts Monroe’s life before fame. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026