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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assist the progress of |
| Synonyms: | aid, ease, expedite, forward, further, grease the wheels, hand-carry, help, make easy, open doors, promote, run interference for, simplify, smooth, speed, speed up, walk through |
| Antonyms: | block, check, delay, detain, hinder, prohibit, stop |
| Main Entry: | flit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter, move rapidly |
| Synonyms: | dance, dart, flash, fleet, flicker, float, fly, hover, hurry, pass, run, rush, sail, scud, skim, speed, sweep, whisk, whiz, wing, zip |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
| Synonyms: | aviate, barnstorm, bend the throttle, buzz*, circle, circumnavigate, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, flat-hat, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, jet out, jet over, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, remain aloft, rush, sail, scud, seagull, shoot, skim, skirt, sky out, soar, speed, swoop, take a hop, take flight, take off, take wing, travel, whisk, whiz*, whoosh, wing in, wing*, zip, zoom* |
| Antonyms: | land, stay on ground, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run or pass swiftly |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bolt, breeze, career, dart, dash, elapse, flee, flit, glide, go like the wind, hasten, hurry, hustle, make off, pass, race, roll, run its course, rush, scamper, scoot, shoot, slip away, speed, sprint, tear, whiz*, zoom* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forward |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aid, expedite |
| Synonyms: | advance, assist, back, champion, cultivate, encourage, favor, foster, further, hasten, help, hurry, promote, serve, speed, support, uphold |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, hinder, impede, stop |
| Main Entry: | further |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, lend support |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, back up, bail out, ballyhoo, champion, contribute, encourage, engender, expedite, facilitate, forward, foster, generate, give a boost to, go with, hasten, help, lend a hand, open doors, patronize, plug, promote, propagate, push, serve, speed, succor, take care of, work for |
| Notes: | farther is generally preferred over further when the context is distance in space or time; use farther when talking about physical distance and use further when talking about abstract ideas or extent/degree |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, curtail, delay, frustrate, halt, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, protest, stop |
| 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: | hotfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bolt, boogie, burn rubber, clip, dart, dash, fly, gallop, go like a bat out of hell, hightail it, hurtle, make haste, race, run, scoot, speed, sprint, streak, tear*, zip, zoom |
| Antonyms: | dawdle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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