Synonyms for hurry
ˈhɜr i, ˈhʌr ihur·ry

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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 WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 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  

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1. hurryverb

   Synonyms:
   drive, precipitate

2. hurryverb

   Synonyms:
   hasten, expedite, speed, despatch, urge or push forward, urge or press on

3. hurryverb

   Synonyms:
   act precipitately, be in a flutter, be in a flurry

4. hurryverb

   Synonyms:
   haste, hasten, move quickly, be in haste, be quick, be in a hurry, make haste, mend one's pace, lose no time, lose not a moment, wing one's way, make the best of one's way, crowd sail, clap spurs to one's horse

5. hurrynoun

   Synonyms:
   precipitation, flurry, flutter, agitation, confusion, bustle, perturbation, hurry-skurry

6. hurrynoun

   Synonyms:
   haste, despatch, celerity, quickness, promptitude, expedition

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hurrynoun

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

2. hurryverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "hurry":

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

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How to use hurry in a sentence?

1. Reginald Gatsi:

   You cant hurry love. I guess you cant hurry divorce either! Neither should be treated lightly.

2. William Ellery Channing:

   To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.

3. Robert Browning:

   What's a man's age He must hurry more, that's all Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.

4. Isrrael Galindo:

   He told him, 'Hurry, because the police have taken us. They used tear gas,'.

5. Max Eastman:

   I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest a while.