Synonyms of the word

hotfoot

• n. (US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting…
• adv. (Britain) hastily; without delay.

go

• v. To move.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
• v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
• v. (intransitive) To attend.
• v. To proceed.
• v. To follow or travel along (a path).
• v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
• v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
• v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
• v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
• v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
• v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• v. To pass, to be used up.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
• v. To break down or apart.
• v. (intransitive) To be sold.
• v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
• v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
• v. To say (something), to make a sound.
• v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
• v. To apply or subject oneself to.
• v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
• v. (intransitive) To date.
• v. To attack.
• v. To be in general; to be usually.
• v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
• n. (uncommon) The act of going.
• n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• n. An attempt, a try.
• n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• n. An act; the working or operation.
• n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
• n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
• n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
• n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
• n. A period of activity.
• n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
• n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

hasten

• v. To move in a quick fashion.
• v. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
• v. To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

hie

• v. (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
• v. (reflexive, poetic) To hurry (oneself).
• n. Haste; diligence.

locomote

• v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

race

• n. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective…
• n. (computing) A race condition.
• n. A progressive movement toward a goal.
• n. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
• n. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
• n. Swift progress; rapid course; a running.
• n. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
• n. Travels, runs, or journeys.
• n. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
• v. (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
• v. (transitive) To compete against in such a race.
• v. (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed.
• v. (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
• n. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics.
• n. (taxonomy) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly…
• n. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
• n. (figuratively) A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with…
• n. (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities,…
• n. (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
• n. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.

rush

• n. Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems…
• n. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
• n. The merest trifle; a straw.
• n. A sudden forward motion.
• n. A surge.
• n. General haste.
• n. A rapid, noisy flow.
• n. (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
• n. (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
• n. (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
• n. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
• n. (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
• n. (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
• n. (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
• v. (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
• v. (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt…
• v. (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
• v. (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
• v. (military) To swiftly attach to without warning.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing…
• v. (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
• v. (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
• adj. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

speed

• n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
• n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the…
• n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
• n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
• n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
• n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a…
• n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
• n. (slang) Personal preference.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
• v. (intransitive) To go fast.
• v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
• v. (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
• v. (obsolete) To be expedient.
• v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
• v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
• v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
• v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

travel

• v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
• v. (transitive) To force to journey.
• v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
• n. The act of traveling.
• n. pl A series of journeys.
• n. pl An account of one's travels.
• n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
• n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.