Synonyms of zipping

zipping 1 of 2

adjective

as in rushing

Related Words

• rushing
• speeding
• flying
• running
• rapid
• lightning
• racing
• swift
• scooting
• hurrying
• speedy
• rocketing
• careering
• whirlwind
• barreling
• scurrying
• whisking
• whirling
• hasty
• brisk
• fleet
• bolting
• warp-speed
• scudding
• breathless
• breakneck
• meteoric
• expeditious
• quick
• prompt
• fast
• ready
• dizzy
• snappy
• accelerated
• rushed
• hastened
• hurried
• quickened

Dissimilar Words

• dragging
• crawling
• creeping
• leisurely
• slow
• lagging
• dilatory
• tardy
• unhurried
• sluggish
• poky
• languid
• laggard
• poking
• deliberate
• dallying
• dawdling
• dillydallying
• measured
• snail-paced
• snaillike
• lounging
• inert
• inactive
• lethargic
• loafing

zipping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of zip

1

as in humming

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound

a dragonfly zipped by my ear

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humming
• buzzing
• whispering
• whirring
• whizzing
• zooming
• hissing
• droning
• burring
• whistling
• sighing
• murmuring
• bumbling
• whishing
• purring
• thrumming
• swishing
• chirring
• cooing
• rustling
• churring
• wheezing
• fizzing
• sizzling
• whooshing
• curring

2

as in darting

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements

the fly zipped around the room, trying to find a way to the outside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darting
• flitting
• fluttering
• dancing
• flicking
• flying
• scurrying
• flickering
• flirting
• wandering
• speeding
• flittering
• sailing
• zooming
• sprinting
• scuttling
• skipping
• scampering
• zinging
• dashing
• roaming
• skittering
• meandering
• scudding
• shooting
• rambling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hanging
• floating
• hovering

3

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

knowing that she was already late, she went zipping off to meet her next client

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of zipping

Verb

While Starship achieved the proper orbit, zipping along at 17,500 mph, flight controllers opted to play it safe and bring it back several hours sooner, after just a couple of laps. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

While Starship achieved the proper orbit zipping along at 17,500 mph (28,000 kph), flight controllers opted to play it safe and bring it back several hours sooner, after just a couple of laps. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Wolt motorbikes zipping along the streets and weaving through dense traffic are an ubiquitous sight in the beachside city. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Often, that means doing things like, oh, zipping down city streets, because there are no curb cuts to assist her in smoothly moving from sidewalk to sidewalk. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Considered from one angle, the movie is superficial and conventional, zipping heedlessly between the characters without fretting about point of view, creating scenes that don’t so much illuminate characters as simply push the story along. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026

Neutrinos, which are produced in the sun as well as other astrophysical sources and are constantly zipping through the Earth, are notoriously difficult to measure. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026

Facing second-and-4 in the second quarter, Browning took a shotgun snap, and Anudike-Uzomah was there in an instant, zipping by Tampa Bay third-string tackle Marshall Fournier for a free shot on Browning. — Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026

The star is zipping around the black hole, reaching speeds of about 15,534 miles per second (25,000 kilometers per second). — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026