Synonyms of zooming

zooming

verb

present participle of zoom

1

as in humming

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

a squadron of fighter planes zooming over our heads prompted thoughts of a terrorist attack

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

race cars zooming around a track at breakneck speeds

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in soaring

to rise abruptly and rapidly

zoomed to a supervisory position after only a few short months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaring
• increasing
• surging
• skyrocketing
• rocketing
• shooting (up)
• peaking
• swelling
• enlarging
• proliferating
• ballooning
• escalating
• intensifying
• multiplying
• expanding
• mounting
• accumulating
• mushrooming
• snowballing
• waxing
• burgeoning
• appreciating
• heightening
• cresting
• building up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tumbling
• plunging
• falling
• plummeting
• slumping
• collapsing
• decreasing
• nose-diving
• diminishing
• dropping
• contracting
• lessening
• waning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of zooming

With drones zooming around her Rhode Island home, a big backyard tent feels, well, kind of silly. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2026

But three people jumped on the hood of a police car, breaking its windshield, before piling into a black Nissan with no license plates and zooming north on 69th St. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026

Some are zooming around on jet skis in a water tank that's impressively built into the pavilion building that's stood in the Giardini since the 1930s. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026

There was now a Turn 10 viewing area where fans could get pretty close to the track and experience the deafening sound and body-tingling sensation of cars zooming by at more than 100 miles per hour. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026

An introductory video includes views of the planet before zooming down to the Space Coast, flying over to downtown Orlando and zipping into the Dome. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026

McDonald’s Official Instagram posted a teaser featuring the characters’ shadows zooming through the universe, past stars that form a Happy Meal. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Explore the Outdoors From hitting the water on a paddleboard or kayak to zooming around on WaveRunners, taking boat tours or simply watching for manatees and dolphins, this is a coastal playground with adventure for everyone. — South Seas, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026

The sophisticated set by ace production designer David Gropman enables Altman’s perpetually moving and zooming camera to drift in and out of two-way mirrors that depict memories and fantasies with both immediacy and a gauzy nostalgia. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 May 2026