| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, move speedily |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, barrel, be quick, beeline, bestir, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, goad, haste, hasten, hurry up, hustle, jog, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, smoke, speed, speed up, spur, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, urge, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip |
Antonyms: |
dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait |
| Main Entry: | pressing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; urgent |
Synonyms: |
acute, burning, claiming, clamant, clamorous, compelling, constraining, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, dire, distressing, exacting, exigent, forcing, heat-on, high-priority, hurry-up, immediate, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, life-and-death, obliging, requiring, serious, vital |
Antonyms: |
insignificant, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | rush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, barrel, bolt, break, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, dispatch, expedite, fire up, fleet, fling, flit, fly, get cracking, get the lead out, go like lightning, haste, hasten, hotfoot, hurry up, hustle, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, press, push, quicken, race, roll, run, scramble, scud, scurry, shake a leg, shoot, speed up, sprint, step on gas, streak, surge, tear, whiz*, zip, zoom* |
Antonyms: |
retard, slow |
| Main Entry: | scoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, be quick, beeline, bolt, clear out, dart, dash, expedite, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, hasten, hurry up, hustle, make haste, make time, make tracks, move, move fast, race, run, rush, scamper, scurry, shake a leg, skedaddle, speed, split, spur, step on it, vamoose, whiz, zip |
| Main Entry: | skedaddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flee |
Synonyms: |
blow*, bolt, clear out, dart, dash, decamp, expedite, fly, fly the coop, get a move on, go like lightning, hasten, hightail it, hurry, hurry up, hustle, leave, make haste, make oneself scarce, make time, make tracks, move, move fast, race, run, rush, scamper, scat, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, speed, split, spur, step on it, take off, vamoose, whiz, zip |
| Main Entry: | urgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | needing immediate attention |
Synonyms: |
burning*, called-for, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying*, demanded, demanding, driving, essential, exigent, foremost, heavy*, hurry-up, immediate, impelling, imperative, important, importunate, indispensable, insistent, instant, leading, life and death, momentous, necessary, paramount, persuasive, pressing, primary, principal, required, salient, serious, top-priority, touch and go, touchy*, vital, wanted, weighty |
Antonyms: |
moderate, unimportant, unnecessary |
| 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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