race | Definition of race

race

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of race

1 to engage in a contest

just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?

Synonyms of race

battle, compete, contend, face off, fight, rival, vie

Words Related to race

challenge, engage, play

jockey, jostle, maneuver

go out, try out

2 to proceed or move quickly

was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India

Synonyms of race

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, motor, nip, pelt, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Words Related to race

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 race

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

Near Antonyms of race

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 race

crawl, creep, poke