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Synonyms for hurry
ˈhɜr i, ˈhʌr ihur·ry

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hurry

    To quicken, in the sense here considered, is to increase speed, move or cause to move more rapidly, as through more space or with, a greater number of motions in the same time. To accelerate is to increase the speed of action or of motion. A motion whose speed increases upon itself is said to be accelerated, as the motion of a falling body, which becomes swifter with every second of time. To accelerate any work is to hasten it toward a finish, commonly by quickening all its operations in orderly unity toward the result. To despatch is to do and be done with, to get a thing off one's hands. To despatch an enemy is to kill him outright and quickly; to despatch a messenger is to send him in haste; to despatch a business is to bring it quickly to an end. Despatch is commonly used of single items. To promote a cause is in any way to bring it forward, advance it in power, prominence, etc. To speed is really to secure swiftness; to hasten is to attempt it, whether successfully or unsuccessfully. Hurry always indicates something of confusion. The hurried man forgets dignity, appearance, comfort, courtesy, everything but speed; he may forget something vital to the matter in hand; yet, because reckless haste may attain the great object of speed, hurry has come to be the colloquial and popular word for acting quickly. To facilitate is to quicken by making easy; to expedite is to quicken by removing hindrances. A good general will improve roads to facilitate the movements of troops, hasten supplies and perfect discipline to promote the general efficiency of the force, despatch details of business, expedite all preparations, in order to accelerate the advance and victory of his army.

    Synonyms:
    accelerate, advance, despatch, drive, drive on, expedite, facilitate, further, hasten, make haste, press forward, promote, quicken, speed, urge, urge on

    Antonyms:
    check, clog, delay, drag, hinder, impede, obstruct, retard

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. hurry, hastenoun

    a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

    "in a hurry to lock the door"

    Synonyms:
    hurriedness, precipitation, hastiness, rush, haste, rushing

  2. haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitationnoun

    overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

    "he soon regretted his haste"

    Synonyms:
    rushing, precipitation, rush, downfall, hurriedness, haste, hastiness

  3. haste, hurry, rush, rushingverb

    the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

    "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

    Synonyms:
    upsurge, surge, boot, rushing, precipitation, rush, flush, bang, kick, spate, hurriedness, haste, charge, thrill, hastiness

  4. travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zipverb

    move very fast

    "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

    Synonyms:
    zipper, hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, zip up, bucket along, race, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, accelerate, look sharp, pelt along, quicken, festinate, speed up, step on it, rush

  5. rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinateverb

    act or move at high speed

    "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"

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

  6. rush, hurryverb

    urge to an unnatural speed

    "Don't rush me, please!"

    Synonyms:
    hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, bucket along, race, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, look sharp, induce, pelt along, stimulate, festinate, step on it, rush

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  1. rush

    Submitted by anonymous on June 29, 2019  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hurrynoun

    Synonyms:
    haste, speed, dispatch, expedition, precipitancy, celerity

  2. hurryverb

    Synonyms:
    hasten, impel, expedite, accelerate, speed, precipitate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "hurry":

    fast, quick, quickly, haste, lickety-split, soon, faster, rush, fastest, vite

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#3579boot
#4051bang
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#7039fastest
#8036precipitation
#9330flush
#9536surge
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#12483hurry
#12747stimulate
#13324accelerate
#14129induce
#14247rushing
#14709thrill
#15543zipper
#20190quicken
#23314despatch
#25332expedite
#25448haste
#27947downfall
#38212hasten
#47333hie
#48006spate
#63726upsurge
#69259vite

How to use hurry in a sentence?

  1. Charles Sizemore:

    If cooler heads prevail and Greece avoids a messy exit, Greek stocks are a bargain, but this is also one of those trades where you could lose half your money in a hurry if political events slide out of control.

  2. Allan Berliant:

    I think the big takeaway from my conversations has been a general feeling amongst the network of which I ’m a part that Hillary Clinton should hurry up and announce.

  3. Kevin Costner:

    I remember I said to the owners, ‘I don’t know if I’d be too sure about tearing this field down,’ i didn’t imagine this, but I remember absolutely articulating that I wouldn’t be in a hurry to tear this down. There’s something here, there’s something unique. I wouldn’t be too quick to get rid of this.

  4. Matthew Arnold:

    This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.

  5. Charles Watson:

    Nancy, certainly more questions than answers. We heard in the week that the FBI had discovered Brian Laundrie's remains at the Environmental Creek Park. Not far from the Laundrie's North Port home here. An autopsy was completed on that body -- results came back inconclusive. Remains are being sent to a forensic anthropologist who will sift through the remains and figure out any clues to try to determine cause of death, here at Laundrie's home in North Port, it has been quiet today. This morning we got a first look at the Laundrie parents leaving the home together, they were in a hurry, jumped into a red pickup truck and left. They sped off.


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