whisk | Definition of whisk

whisk

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of whisk

1 to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

the museum guide kept whisking us along, telling us there was much more we had to see

Synonyms of whisk

accelerate, bundle, fast-track, hasten, hurry, quicken, rush, speed (up)

Words Related to whisk

drive, goad, prod, propel, push, race, spur, stir, urge

aid, dispatch, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate

Near Antonyms of whisk

delay, encumber, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, interfere (with), manacle, rein (in), restrain, shackle, tie up, trammel

arrest, check, stall, stay, still, stop

Antonyms of whisk

brake, decelerate, retard, slow (down)

2 to move or proceed smoothly and readily

now that the highway has been widened, traffic just whisks along

Synonyms of whisk

bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep

Words Related to whisk

fly, race, rush, speed

Near Antonyms of whisk

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

Antonyms of whisk

flounder, struggle

3 to proceed or move quickly

whisked through the crowd and delivered the urgent message

Synonyms of whisk

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, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, zip, zoom

Words Related to whisk

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 whisk

beat it, get a move on, make tracks