Thesaurus:move quickly

Thesaurus

move quickly

English

Verb

Sense: to move quickly

Synonyms

• hightail
• move quickly
• skedaddle

Antonyms

• move slowly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• bomb (slang)
• book    [⇒ thesaurus]
• blue light
• dart
• flit
• gallop
• hurtle
• race
• rocket (informal)
• run    [⇒ thesaurus]
• scamper
• scour
• scud
• shoot
• spank
• speed    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sprint
• trot
• whisk
• whiz (informal)
• zoom

Hypernyms

• move    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• sweep
• swoosh

See also

• Thesaurus:speedy

Further reading

• “274. velocity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “speed” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.