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Hurry

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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Narrower term 8

Abruptness 76% connected

The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

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Bolt 76% connected

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resem…

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Dash 76% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

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Precipitance 76% connected

Alt. of Precipitancy

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Precipitancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a p…

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Scamper 76% connected

To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.

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Scramble 76% connected

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

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Scurry 76% connected

To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.

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Broader term 13

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Exhort 76% connected

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

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Fastness 76% connected

The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Speed 76% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

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Swiftness 76% connected

The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftnes…

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Urge 76% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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Urgency 76% connected

The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

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Manner of action 6

Dart 76% connected

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

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Fleet 76% connected

To sail; to float.

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Flit 76% connected

To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along.

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Flutter 76% connected

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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zoom 76% connected

To move or travel very quickly

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Derivationally related 4

Hurried 74% connected

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

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Hurried 74% connected

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

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Rush 74% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Rush 74% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Causes 3

Hasten 72% connected

To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

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Rush 72% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Synonym 8

Festinate 92% connected

Hasty; hurried.

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Haste 92% connected

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

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Hasten 92% connected

To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

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Hastiness 92% connected

The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

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Precipitation 92% connected

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rush 92% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rushing 92% connected

of Rush

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Speed 92% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Delay 94% connected

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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Delay 94% connected

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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