| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pursuit; running, speeding |
| Synonyms: | chase, clash, clip, competition, contention, contest, course, dash, engagement, event, go, marathon, match, meet, relay, rivalry, run, rush, scurry, sprint, spurt |
| Main Entry: | race |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream, river |
| Synonyms: | branch, brook, creek, duct, gill, raceway, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runnel, sluice, tide |
| Main Entry: | race |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run, speed in competition |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, bustle, career, chase, compete, contest, course, dart, dash, fling, fly, gallop, haste, hasten, hie, hurry, hustle, lash, outstrip, plunge ahead, post, pursue, rush, scamper, scramble, scud, scuttle, shoot, skim, sprint, spurt, swoop, tear, whisk, wing |
| Main Entry: | ancestry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessors; family history |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, source, stock |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heritage |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, background, blood, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebears, genealogy, heritance, legacy, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, position, race, rank, station, status, stock, strain |
| Main Entry: | breed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, class |
| Synonyms: | brand, character, extraction, family, feather, genus, ilk, likes, line, lineage, lot, nature, number, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, stripe, type, variety |
| Main Entry: | career |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, path |
| Synonyms: | course, orbit, passage, pilgrimage, procedure, progress, race, walk |
| Notes: | careen has a nautical origin and is a side-to-side trajectory while career is a headlong high-speed trajectory |
| Main Entry: | caste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social class |
| Synonyms: | cultural level, degree, estate, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, social order, species, sphere, standing, station, status, stratum |
| Main Entry: | chase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pursuit |
| Synonyms: | hunt, hunting, quest, race, venery |
| Antonyms: | escape, retreat |