Synonyms of zipping

zipping 1 of 2

adjective

as in rushing

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

zipping

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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
• travelling
• scurrying
• flying
• rushing
• traveling
• racing
• driving
• trotting
• chasing
• scooting
• jumping
• buzzing
• darting
• running
• blowing
• zooming
• tearing
• dashing
• stepping
• blasting
• ripping
• 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
• barrelling
• galloping
• humping
• pelting
• hastening
• cannonballing
• cracking (on)
• flitting
• highballing
• hieing
• 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