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zoom
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ZOOM
1
to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound <a squadron of fighter planes zooming over our heads prompted thoughts of a terrorist attack>
2
to proceed or move quickly <race cars zooming around a track at breakneck speeds>
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
3
to rise abruptly and rapidly <zoomed to a supervisory position after only a few short months>
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