ZOOMING Synonyms: 166 Similar and Opposite Words

zooming

verb

present participle of zoom

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

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as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly race cars zooming around a track at breakneck speeds

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as in soaring

to rise abruptly and rapidly zoomed to a supervisory position after only a few short months

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Recent Examples of zooming Bella Hadid on a rampage through the streets of Paris, zooming around on her motorcycle and facing down cops — fun! —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026 Daredevils can head into the backcountry with their guide, zooming through deep powder and heading up steep climbs. —

Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 To open the scoring, Kyrou struck off the rush, receiving a sweeping pass at the defensive blue line and zooming all the way up ice for a goal. —

Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026 Picture a galaxy zooming through a crowded neighborhood of other galaxies. —

Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026 Inside an Irving Park bungalow, kids raced barefoot through the dining room, zooming past paper chains taped to the ceiling. —

Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026 Silver, which has been zooming higher in its own feverish run, had a similar and sudden reversal of momentum before ticking higher again. —

Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 Extrapolating from the way Jaime rides a shopping cart (like a 10-year-old, zooming through the frozen food section with both feet off the ground), these grocery aisles are like memory lane. —

Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026 To my surprise, these moments of simple and more or less self-less consciousness did not occur when my eyes were closed—in fact, the darkness sent me zooming off to all kinds of strange places. —

Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026

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Verb

Despite losing star senior Kantyn Pearson to a knee injury in the regular-season finale, the Rams kept on humming to advance to their second consecutive Final Four amid their 23rd straight win this season.

— Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
At the rate business was humming along, ValenSil was on track to bolt on a third shift, add about eight to 15 more workers, and even purchase land for further expansion.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026