Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go crazy; storm |
| Synonyms: | go berserk, rage, run amuck, run riot, run wild, tear |
| Antonyms: | be calm |
| Main Entry: | rupture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break open |
| Synonyms: | breach, burst, cleave, crack, disrupt, divide, erupt, fracture, hold, open, part, puncture, rend, rive, separate, sever, shatter, split, sunder, tear |
| Antonyms: | close, join, mend |
| Main Entry: | rush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, bolt, break, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, dispatch, expedite, fire up, fleet, fling, flit, fly, get cracking, get the lead out, go like lightning, haste, hasten, hotfoot, hurry up, hustle, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, press, push, quicken, race, roll, run, scramble, scud, scurry, shake a leg, shoot, speed up, sprint, step on gas, streak, surge, tear, whiz*, zip, zoom* |
| Antonyms: | retard, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | scurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along swiftly |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bustle, dart, dash, dust, fly, hasten, hop along, hurry, race, rip, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scud, scutter, scuttle, shoot, skim, sprint, step along, tear, whirl, whisk, zip |
| Antonyms: | dawdle, loaf, walk |
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dash |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, charge, chase, dart, flash, fling, fly, gallop, hotfoot, hurry, hurtle, lash, pass, race, reach, run, rush, scoot, skirr, speed, spring, spurt, streak, tear, whisk, whiz |
| Notes: | a chute is a sloping channel through which things can descend; shoot, as a noun, is a sprout, a bud, young leaf, or other new growth on a plant; shoot, as a verb, means to hit with a missile from a weapon - fire a shot - make a film or photograph of something - move quickly and violently |
| Antonyms: | walk |
| Main Entry: | shred |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut into ribbons |
| Synonyms: | cut, fray, frazzle, make ragged, reduce, shave, sliver, strip, tatter, tear |
| Antonyms: | mend, sew |
| Main Entry: | slit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut open |
| Synonyms: | gash, incise, knife, lance, pierce, rip, sever, slash, slice, slot, split open, tear |
| Antonyms: | close, mend, sew |
| Main Entry: | snag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch on something |
| Synonyms: | hole, nail, rip, run into, tear |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
