Antonyms for race
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1. race

   A career was originally the ground for a race, or, especially, for a knight's charge in tournament or battle; whence career was early applied to the charge itself.

   If you will use the lance, take ground for your career.... The four horsemen met in full career.

   Scott Quentin Durward ch. 14, p. 194. [D. F. & CO.]

   In its figurative use career signifies some continuous and conspicuous work, usually a life-work, and most frequently one of honorable achievement. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   career, charge, course, flight, line of achievement, passage, public life, rush

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1. race

   Synonyms:
   course, pursuit, career, family

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Biology
   • Compete
   • Contest
   • Flow
   • Group
   • Move
   • Taxonomic Group

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1. racenoun

   any competition

   "the race for the presidency"

   Synonyms:
   wash, airstream, raceway, subspecies, backwash, slipstream

2. racenoun

   a contest of speed

   "the race is to the swift"

   Synonyms:
   wash, airstream, raceway, subspecies, backwash, slipstream

3. racenoun

   people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

   "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

   Synonyms:
   wash, airstream, raceway, subspecies, backwash, slipstream

4. subspecies, racenoun

   (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

   Synonyms:
   wash, airstream, raceway, subspecies, backwash, slipstream

5. slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, washnoun

   the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

   Synonyms:
   backwash, wake, wash drawing, wash, airstream, washout, subspecies, washables, dry wash, laundry, slipstream, raceway, lavation, aftermath, washing

6. raceway, raceverb

   a canal for a current of water

   Synonyms:
   backwash, racecourse, wash, airstream, racetrack, subspecies, track, slipstream, raceway

7. rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on itverb

   move fast

   "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

   Synonyms:
   run, hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, quicken, bucket along, hurry, accelerate, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, expedite, look sharp, induce, pelt along, stimulate, festinate, speed up, step on it, rush

8. race, runverb

   compete in a race

   "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

   Synonyms:
   course, cannonball along, bucket along, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, belt along, run away, move, turn tail, range, run, guide, function, lead, lam, feed, hasten, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, speed, consort, execute, step on it, pelt along, prevail, carry, play, scarper, go, unravel, lean, hie, die hard, pass, campaign, black market, hotfoot, persist, incline, draw, hightail it, bleed, be given, rush along, rush, tend, escape, ladder, melt, ply, operate, run for

9. raceverb

   to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

   "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"

   Synonyms:
   hotfoot, cannonball along, run, hasten, belt along, speed, rush, pelt along, hie, step on it, rush along, bucket along

10. race, rushverb

    cause to move fast or to rush or race

    "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

    Synonyms:
    hotfoot, cannonball along, bucket along, induce, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, look sharp, run, pelt along, stimulate, festinate, step on it, rush

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1. racenoun

   Associated words:
   ethnology, ethnography, ethnologist, ethnic, racial, ethnogeny, holethnos, holethnic, interracial

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1. RACE

   Synonyms:
   Rate Control versus Electrical Cardioversion

How to use race in a sentence?

1. Victor Hugo:

   The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

2. Troy Collings:

   I spoke to our North Korean partners this morning who said they were in discussions with the marathon committee about reopening the event to foreign runners, it looks likely we'll be able to have our groups join the race as planned. We're still awaiting full confirmation, which should come in a couple of days.

3. Sonia Sotomayor:

   Race matters in part because of the long history of racial minorities' being denied access to the political process.

4. Noah Lyles:

   It was chaotic to be honest, a lot happened in that race, that's when the race became a lot more complicated... This was definitely a test.

5. Lauren Boebert:

   I'm told that there are less than 200 votes outstanding, which makes me so happy to announce we have won this race! with this victory and with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives, we can focus on the issues that actually matter most, including getting inflation under control, increasing our domestic energy supply, securing the southern border, and being a strong check on the White House.

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