course

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of COURSE

to go after or on the track of <after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests>

Synonyms bird-dog, chase, course, dog, hound, pursue, run, shadow, tag, tail, trace, track, trail

Related Words accompany, chaperone (or chaperon), escort; hunt, search (for), seek; eye, observe, watch

Near Antonyms head

Antonyms guide, lead, pilot

to make one's way through, across, or over <once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis>

Synonyms course, cover, cross, cut (across), follow, go, navigate, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), track, transit, travel

Related Words hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk; ride, run; crisscross

to proceed or move quickly <racehorses coursing down the track>

Synonyms barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Related Words beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle; stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz); gallop, jog, sprint; accelerate, quicken, step out; catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake; arrow, beeline

Near Antonyms dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up)

Antonyms crawl, creep, poke

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