Synonyms of scurrying

scurrying 1 of 2

adjective

as in rushing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushing
• hurrying
• rapid
• running
• swift
• flying
• racing
• lightning
• speeding
• hasty
• speedy
• breathless
• scudding
• whirling
• fleet
• careering
• zipping
• whirlwind
• rocketing
• barreling
• scooting
• bolting
• whisking
• quick
• brisk
• expeditious
• prompt
• ready
• meteoric
• warp-speed
• dizzy
• breakneck
• fast
• hastened
• snappy
• rushed
• hurried
• accelerated
• quickened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• creeping
• dragging
• slow
• leisurely
• tardy
• lagging
• dilatory
• sluggish
• pokey
• unhurried
• languid
• laggard
• poky
• poking
• deliberate
• dallying
• dawdling
• dillydallying
• measured
• snaillike
• snail-paced
• lounging
• inert
• lethargic
• inactive
• loafing

scurrying

2 of 2

verb

present participle of scurry

as in hurrying

to proceed or move quickly

everyone scurried back to work as soon as they had finished their lunch in the cafeteria

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurrying
• rushing
• travelling
• trotting
• flying
• traveling
• speeding
• racing
• zipping
• driving
• chasing
• jumping
• buzzing
• darting
• scuttling
• running
• scooting
• dashing
• blowing
• stepping
• blasting
• tearing
• zooming
• whirling
• ripping
• hurtling
• hustling
• rustling
• bolting
• barreling
• blazing
• careening
• careering
• bowling
• hurling
• ramming
• hastening
• shooting
• pelting
• whisking
• bustling
• rocketing
• jogging
• haring
• breezing
• nipping
• galloping
• coursing
• humping
• bundling
• jetting
• scampering
• motoring
• cracking (on)
• barrelling
• belting
• hieing
• flitting
• cannonballing
• highballing
• beating it
• hying
• bombing
• scudding
• stepping on it
• hotfooting (it)
• stampeding
• sprinting
• whizzing
• getting a move on
• making tracks
• scuffling
• shaking a leg
• streaking
• accelerating
• beetling
• overtaking
• outrunning
• quickening
• stepping out
• outstripping
• outpacing
• arrowing
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• creeping
• poking
• dragging
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• shuffling
• lagging
• dawdling
• strolling
• loitering
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• plodding
• lumbering
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying
• decelerating