| Main Entry: | trot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along briskly |
Synonyms: |
amble, canter, go, hurry, jog, lope, pad, rack, ride, run, scamper, step lively |
| 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, tear along, trot, zoom |
| 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: | jog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run for recreation |
Synonyms: |
amble, canter, dash, dogtrot, lope, pace, sprint, trot |
| Main Entry: | lope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stride |
Synonyms: |
bound, canter, gallop, run, trot |
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk back and forth |
Synonyms: |
ambulate, canter, foot it, gallop, hoof, march, patrol, pound*, step, stride, traipse, tread, troop, trot, walk up and down |
Antonyms: |
sit, stay |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move fast on foot |
Synonyms: |
abscond, amble, barrel, beat it, bolt, bound, bustle, canter, career, clear out, course, cut and run, dart, dash, decamp, depart, dog it, escape, flee, flit, fly, gallop, go like lightning, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurry, hustle, jog, leg it, light out, lope, make a break, make off, make tracks, pace, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, shag, shoot, skedaddle, skip, skitter, smoke*, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, take flight, take off, tear, tear out, travel, trot, whisk |
Antonyms: |
stand, walk |
| Main Entry: | scamper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run, dash |
Synonyms: |
bolt, dart, flee, fly, hasten, hie, hurry, light out, make off, race, romp, rush off, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, skedaddle, skip, speed, speed away, sprint, tear, trot, whip, zip |
Antonyms: |
stroll |
| Main Entry: | canter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jog |
Synonyms: |
lope, race, trot |
| Main Entry: | racing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
Synonyms: |
competing, contest, darting, dashing, flying, galloping, hurrying, running, rushing, sailing, sport, sporting, sprinting, tearing, track, trotting, whizzing |