| Main Entry: | get the lead out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
Synonyms: |
get a move on, get cracking, get going, get it on, hop to it, hustle, look alive, make it snappy, shake a leg, snap to it, step on it |
| Main Entry: | hasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speed something; hurry |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip, cover ground, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, flee, fly, gallop, get cracking, get the lead out, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, make haste, make tracks, move quickly, not lose a minute, pace, plunge, precipitate, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shake a leg, skip, sprint, spurt, step on it, step up, take wing, tear, trot, urge, waste no time, whip around |
| Notes: | haste is overly eager speed while hasten is to act or move at high speed |
Antonyms: |
go slow, lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, tarry |
| 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: | 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: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up and going |
Synonyms: |
awake, awaken, be up and about, bestir, budge, exert, get a move on, get moving, hasten, look alive, make an effort, mill about, move, rouse, shake a leg, wake, waken |
Antonyms: |
laze, rest, wait |
| Main Entry: | rise and shine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get out of bed |
Synonyms: |
arise, get going, get up, greet the day, pile out, roll out, shake a leg, turn out, up and at 'em, wake up |
| Main Entry: | festinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rush |
Synonyms: |
barrel, bolt*, bustle, dart, dash, flash, fly, get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, make haste, make time, quicken, race, run, run like the wind, sail, scoot, scramble, scurry, shake a leg, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, whisk, whiz, zip, zoom |
| 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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