motor | Definition of motor

motor

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of motor

1 to proceed or move quickly

effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish

Synonyms of motor

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, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, 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 motor

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 motor

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

Near Antonyms of motor

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 motor

crawl, creep, poke

2 to travel by a motorized vehicle

motoring along the highway at the speed limit

Synonyms of motor

automobile, drive, tool

Words Related to motor

chauffeur, hack, taxi