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| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed in action, motion |
| Synonyms: | bustle, celerity, commotion, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, flurry, haste, precipitation, push, quickness, rush, rustle, scurry, swiftness, urgency, expeditiousness, precipitance, precipitateness, promptitude, speediness |
| Antonyms: | delay, rest, slowness, stall, wait, procrastination |
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, move speedily |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, beeline*, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, goad, haste, hasten, hustle, jog, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, smoke, speed, spur, urge, whirl, whisk, whiz, zip, be quick, bestir, get a move on, go like lightning, hurry up, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, shake a leg, speed up, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, whish |
| Antonyms: | dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
boisterous, booming, breathless, brusque, cursory, festinate, feverish, furious, fussy, hard, headlong, hot, impelled, impelling, impetuous, impulsive, in a hurry, in all haste, in haste, in hot haste, partito in quarta, precipitate, precipitous, preproperous, pressed for time, pushing, rudderish, saccadic, scrambling, spoffish, umbeer, urgent
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| Main Entry: | accelerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase speed, timing |
| Synonyms: | advance, drive, dust*, expedite, forward, further, gun*, hasten, hurry, impel, precipitate, quicken, railroad*, roll*, spur, step up, stimulate, tool*, fire up, hammer on, lay a patch, lay rubber, make tracks, nail it, open up, peel rubber, put on afterburners, put pedal to metal, rev, rev up, speed up, step on gas |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, defer, hinder, impede, postpone, retard, slow down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work quickly through task |
| Synonyms: | cruise, flit, glide, hurry, move, pass, sail, sally, skim, slide, slip, sweep, trip, waltz, zip |
| Main Entry: | bustle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quick and busy activity |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, clamor, commotion, do*, excitement, flurry, furor, fuss, haste, hubbub, hurly-burly*, hurry, pother, rumpus, stir, to-do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | laziness, relaxation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bustle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move around quickly, busily |
| Synonyms: | dash, dust, flit, flutter, fuss, hasten, hum, hurry, hustle, run, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, stir, tear, whirl, whisk, bestir |
| Main Entry: | celerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swiftness |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, dispatch, expedition, gait, haste, hurry, hustle, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, swiftness, velocity, vivacity, briskness, expeditiousness, fleetness, legerity, speediness |
| Antonyms: | slowness, sluggishness |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow; run |
| Synonyms: | career, chase, dart, dash, follow, gallop, gush, hasten, hunt, hurry, hustle, pursue, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, speed, spring, stream, surge, tumble |
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz, move quickly |
| Main Entry: | excitement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm; incitement |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, disturbance, dither*, drama, elation, emotion, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir, thrill, titillation, to-do*, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, discomposure, excitation, kicks, melodrama, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expedite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happen faster |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, assist, dispatch, facilitate, forward, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, railroad*, rush, speed, urge, cut the red tape, fast track, grease wheels, hand-carry, hand-walk, handle personally, run interference, run with the ball, shoot through, speed up, walk it through |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, delay, halt, hinder, slow, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter, move rapidly |
| Synonyms: | dance, dart, flash, fleet, flicker, float, fly, hover, hurry, pass, run, rush, sail, scud*, skim, speed, sweep, whisk, whiz, wing, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, burst |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, confusion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flap*, flaw, fluster, flutter, furor, fuss, gust, haste, hurry, outbreak, pother, spell, spurt, squall, stir*, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, whirl, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agitate, confuse |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, bother, bustle, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, fluster, flutter, frustrate, fuss, galvanize, hassle, hurry, hustle, perplex, perturb, provoke, quicken, rattle, ruffle, stimulate, unhinge, unsettle, upset, discombobulate |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, quiet |
| Main Entry: | fluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, perturb |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, craze*, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, flip*, flurry, frustrate, hassle, heat*, hurry, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, spook*, unhinge*, work up*, addle, discombobulate, fuddle*, get to*, make nervous, make waves, psych, stir up, throw off balance |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, settle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bolt, race with slight jumping motion |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, career, course, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hurdle, hurry, jump, leap, lope, pace, rack, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, stride, trot, zoom, tear along |
| Main Entry: | onrush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush |
| Synonyms: | attack, avalanche, blitz, charge, dash, deluge, flood, flow, flux, haste, hurry, onslaught, push, race, scramble, stampede, storm, stream, surge, swiftness, hastiness, hurriedness |
| Main Entry: | quicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make faster; invigorate |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, activate, actuate, animate, arouse, awaken, dispatch, energize, excite, expedite, galvanize, goad, grow, hasten, hurry, impel, incite, increase, inspire, kindle, motivate, move, pique, precipitate, promote, refresh, revive, rouse, shake up, speed, spring, spur, step up, stimulate, stir, strengthen, urge, vivify, innervate, innerve, liven, make haste, revitalize, vitalize, vivificate |
| Antonyms: | dull, retard, slow, weaken |
| Main Entry: | race |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run, speed in competition |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, bustle, career, chase, compete, contest, course, dart, dash, fling, fly, gallop, haste, hasten, hie, hurry, hustle, lash, outstrip, post, pursue, rush, scamper, scramble, scud, scuttle, shoot, skim, sprint, spurt, swoop, tear, whisk, wing, plunge ahead |
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