Synonyms of zooms

zooms 1 of 2

noun

plural of zoom

as in hums

a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion

the zoom of a motorboat off in the distance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hums
• purrs
• buzzes
• whispers
• rustles
• drones
• whizzes
• whirs
• sighs
• chirrs
• burrs
• thrums
• moans
• churrs
• gasps
• babbles
• murmurs
• gurgles
• zings
• zips
• susurrations
• hisses
• coos
• suspirations
• susurruses
• whishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• screams
• yells
• shrieks
• roars
• screeches
• squeals
• howls
• yelps
• squalls
• bawls

zooms

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verb

present tense third-person singular of zoom

1

as in buzzes

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

• hums
• buzzes
• zips
• whizzes
• whispers
• whirs
• hisses
• drones
• burrs
• sighs
• bumbles
• whistles
• murmurs
• fizzes
• whishes
• purrs
• swishes
• chirrs
• wheezes
• thrums
• whooshes
• rustles
• coos
• sizzles
• churrs
• currs

2

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

race cars zooming around a track at breakneck speeds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• scurries
• trots
• rushes
• travels
• races
• zips
• hurries
• flies
• jumps
• chases
• drives
• buzzes
• scoots
• runs
• blows
• scuttles
• dashes
• rips
• shoots
• darts
• jogs
• steps
• blasts
• bowls
• hurls
• whisks
• tears
• whirls
• barrels
• rams
• motors
• hustles
• careens
• hurtles
• blazes
• rustles
• jets
• bolts
• hastens
• courses
• bustles
• rockets
• humps
• cracks (on)
• careers
• hies
• belts
• bundles
• nips
• breezes
• beats it
• gallops
• steps on it
• bombs
• flits
• pelts
• hares
• makes tracks
• whizzes
• hotfoots (it)
• scampers
• cannonballs
• highballs
• sprints
• accelerates
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• beetles
• streaks
• overtakes
• outruns
• scuds
• stampedes
• quickens
• outstrips
• outpaces
• scuffles
• arrows
• steps out
• fast-forwards
• beelines
• catches up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• lags
• creeps
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• dawdles
• strolls
• ambles
• shuffles
• saunters
• tarries
• dallies
• plods
• lumbers
• decelerates
• slows (down or up)
• dillydallies

3

as in soars

to rise abruptly and rapidly

zoomed to a supervisory position after only a few short months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soars
• increases
• surges
• rockets
• shoots (up)
• peaks
• swells
• skyrockets
• escalates
• mushrooms
• intensifies
• proliferates
• enlarges
• mounts
• expands
• balloons
• waxes
• accumulates
• multiplies
• snowballs
• heightens
• appreciates
• builds up
• burgeons
• crests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plunges
• tumbles
• falls
• plummets
• slumps
• collapses
• nose-dives
• decreases
• drops
• diminishes
• wanes
• contracts
• lessens

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of zooms

Noun

The streets of Washington, DC, will give way to the roar of open-wheel auto racing this weekend as the Freedom 250 Grand Prix zooms around the National Mall. — Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Outside of the window, the traffic zooms by on the BQE. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026

Reid writhes in front of Zaman, sticking out his tongue in one take, running his hand down his body in another, all while a gigantic technocrane zooms overhead. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026

Fogel and her fellow directors Viet Nguyen and Ally Pankiw are playful with zooms and split-screens, but never lose sight of their true marks — the characters. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 May 2026

DeFalco has a unique style involving dynamic zooms, high-stakes scenes with characters talking over each other and a comedic sensibility that lands somewhere between Harmony Korine and John Waters. — William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026

That's likely a consequence of the narrow aperture and small front element; brighter zooms and primes tend to have more issues with flare and ghost color. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

If Hafley can get all three to meet or exceed their draft-day expectations, the rebuild zooms way ahead of the curve, and Hafley and his staff look like coaching geniuses. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026

Primes are typically faster than zooms, but the latter still provide excellent image quality and all-important flexibility. — James Abbott, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026

Verb

The American musician and comedian's name was recently approved for an asteroid, or space rock, that zooms around our solar system about once every four years. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

This is similar to how the sound of, say, a passing motorcycle drops in pitch as the vehicle zooms away from you. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026

When converting a photo into a wallpaper, Apple automatically adjusts and zooms the image for an optimal view. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026

Gone are the Labrinth needle-drops and kinetic camerawork — whip-pans and dolly zooms have given way to wide shots on 65mm, as its cast of hot young actors delve deeper into a vast wasteland where hope does not spring eternal. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 11 May 2026

The final shot features Andy, Nigel, and Miranda all working in their offices, as the camera pans out and zooms away from the high-rise building in what may be an homage to Working Girl (1988), a thematic inspiration for Prada’s screenwriter. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026

With his multi-instrumentalist bandmates, PJ Moore and co-songwriter Robert Bell, Buchanan zooms into these exchanges to prolong them or dissembles them into jagged pieces that leave the bigger picture to us. — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026

The world-famous squirrel that zooms around a pool on water skis while wearing a tiny life vest will be in the Queen City. — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2026

When on Nantucket, Swain zooms around the island in a hard-bottom, Navy SEAL–style, super-high-speed raft, a type deployed by the military in Ukraine. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025