hurtle | Definition of hurtle

Synonyms and Antonyms of hurtle

1 to proceed or move quickly

the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter

Synonyms of hurtle

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Words Related to hurtle

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Phrases Synonymous with hurtle

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it

Near Antonyms of hurtle

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

Antonyms of hurtle

crawl, creep, poke

2 to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field

Synonyms of hurtle

cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss

Words Related to hurtle

bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot

buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust

Phrases Synonymous with hurtle