Synonyms of zips

zips 1 of 2

noun

plural of zip

as in zeroes

the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it

I've got zip as far as new ideas go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• zeroes
• zeros
• os
• goose eggs
• nought
• nils
• ciphers
• ohs
• naughts
• voids
• blanks
• zilches
• aughts
• o's

zips

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of zip

1

as in buzzes

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound

a dragonfly zipped by my ear

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buzzes
• hums
• whirrs
• zooms
• whispers
• whirs
• whizzes
• burrs
• whistles
• drones
• bumbles
• hisses
• sighs
• purrs
• fizzes
• rustles
• thrums
• swishes
• whishes
• whooshes
• chirrs
• wheezes
• coos
• murmurs
• churrs
• sizzles
• currs

2

as in darts

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements

the fly zipped around the room, trying to find a way to the outside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darts
• flits
• flutters
• dances
• flicks
• flies
• scurries
• flirts
• flickers
• wanders
• speeds
• flitters
• sails
• zooms
• sprints
• skips
• scuttles
• dashes
• scampers
• zings
• roams
• meanders
• shoots
• skitters
• rambles
• scuds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hangs
• floats
• hovers

3

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

knowing that she was already late, she went zipping off to meet her next client

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• hurries
• scurries
• races
• rushes
• travels
• flies
• drives
• trots
• jumps
• chases
• buzzes
• runs
• scoots
• darts
• rips
• blows
• dashes
• zooms
• tears
• scuttles
• bowls
• steps
• barrels
• blasts
• bolts
• whirls
• belts
• jogs
• rams
• motors
• shoots
• hustles
• rustles
• blazes
• hurtles
• bustles
• courses
• bundles
• whisks
• hurls
• humps
• cracks (on)
• rockets
• nips
• breezes
• jets
• hies
• careers
• hastens
• pelts
• careens
• hares
• beats it
• gallops
• bombs
• steps on it
• makes tracks
• cannonballs
• flits
• shakes a leg
• highballs
• gets a move on
• hotfoots (it)
• scampers
• sprints
• whizzes
• beetles
• streaks
• accelerates
• scuds
• stampedes
• outruns
• scuffles
• overtakes
• arrows
• quickens
• steps out
• outstrips
• outpaces
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• lags
• lingers
• creeps
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• dawdles
• saunters
• shuffles
• ambles
• dallies
• tarries
• plods
• slows (down or up)
• lumbers
• decelerates
• dillydallies