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

Approaching one without zooming away in a split second requires maneuvering into its orbital plane and matching its speed. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026

After that, the ball belonged to the machine, zinging and zooming wherever the bumpers sent it. — John Dickerson, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

Sometime during the night on Earth, the Curiosity rover finished its day exploring on Mars and beamed its latest collection of images and measurements to a Mars orbiter zooming by overhead. — Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Of course, this horrid wave of diarrhea-inflicting illness wasn’t dumped from the sky by a crown-sporting octogenarian president zooming around in a fighter jet. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026

Video shows cars zooming past the kitten, who was just lying down. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

The zooming-out step passes through a point at which all magnets look the same, whether their atoms are arranged in cubes or tetrahedra. — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

The property was in private ownership for generations, its soaring cliffs and sand dunes hidden from motorists zooming along the road between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

For more detail, eclipse expert Xavier Jubier’s website overlays the eclipse’s path on Google Maps, which allows zooming down to the street level. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026