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

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

The film, which tells the story of a 1980s teen who accidentally hops in a time machine and zooms back to 1955, first premiered in summer 1985. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025