gallops

The word “gallops” has 2 syllables: gal-lops

It's pronounced as /ˈɡæləps/


What is synonym and antonym for gallops?

In the thesaurus, “gallops” has 56 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gallops along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gallops

  • barrels
  • belts
  • blasts
  • blazes
  • blows
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bounds
  • bowls
  • breezes
  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • cannonballs
  • canters
  • careens
  • courses
  • dashes
  • hares
  • hastens
  • hies
  • humps
  • hurls
  • hurries
  • hurtles
  • hustles
  • jets
  • jogs
  • leaps
  • lopes
  • nips
  • patters
  • pelts
  • races
  • rams
  • rips
  • rockets
  • runs
  • rushes
  • rustles
  • scampers
  • scoots
  • scurries
  • scuttles
  • shags
  • shoots
  • skips
  • speeds
  • springs
  • sprints
  • tears
  • trips
  • trots
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • zips
  • zooms

Antonyms for gallops

Meanings of gallops

  • noun
    1. The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
    2. An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
  • verb
    1. (of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
    2. To ride at a galloping pace.
    3. To cause to gallop.
    4. To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.
    5. To run very fast.
    6. To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
    7. (of an infection, especially pneumonia) To progress rapidly through the body.

Example Sentences

  • The horse's gallops echoed through the valley as it raced toward the finish line.
  • In the distance, we could hear the rhythmic gallops of the herd of horses.
  • The knight's steed broke into swift gallops as they approached the castle gates.
  • With each stride, the cheetah's gallops brought it closer to its prey.
  • The thunderstorm couldn't mask the powerful gallops of the buffalo stampeding across the plains.

On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gallops, such as: ambles, barrels, belts, blasts, blazes, blows, bolts.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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zooms

  • accelerates
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races

  • accelerates
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  • makes tracks
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  • scurries
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  • seed
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  • shakes a leg
  • shoot
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  • speeds
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  • spurt
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  • steps
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  • whisk
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  • whizzes
  • wing
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  • zips
  • zooms

rams

  • accelerates
  • arrows
  • bangs
  • barrels
  • bashes
  • beats it
  • beelines
  • beetles
  • belts
  • blasts
  • blazes
  • blows
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bounces
  • bowls
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  • brushes
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  • bundles
  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • cannonballs
  • careens
  • careers
  • caroms
  • catches up
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  • collides
  • contacts
  • courses
  • crams
  • crashes
  • crowds
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  • darts
  • dashes
  • drives
  • fast-forwards
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  • flies
  • flits
  • gallops
  • gets a move on
  • glances
  • grazes
  • hares
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  • heaps
  • hies
  • highballs
  • hits
  • humps
  • hurls
  • hurries
  • hurtles
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  • impacts
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  • jam-packs
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  • jets
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  • jumps
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  • shakes a leg
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  • steps
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dashes

  • accelerates
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  • agitates
  • ails
  • arrows
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  • bathes
  • beats it
  • beelines
  • beetles
  • belts
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  • bothers
  • bounds
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  • breezes
  • bucks
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  • bustles
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  • catches up
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  • dabbles
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  • daunts
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  • fast-forwards
  • fires
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  • gallops
  • gets a move on
  • gets down
  • guns
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  • hastens
  • heaves
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  • highballs
  • hooks
  • humps
  • hurls
  • hurries
  • hurtles
  • hustles
  • impels
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  • jets
  • jogs
  • jumps
  • laps
  • launches
  • leaps
  • lets fly
  • lobs
  • lofts
  • lopes
  • makes tracks
  • motors
  • nips
  • oppresses
  • outpaces
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  • overtakes
  • passes
  • patters
  • pegs
  • pelts
  • perturbs
  • pitches
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  • precipitates
  • projects
  • propels
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  • races
  • rams
  • rifles
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  • rolls
  • runs
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  • rustles
  • saddens
  • saturates
  • scampers
  • scoots
  • scuds
  • scuffles
  • scurries
  • scuttles
  • shags
  • shakes a leg
  • shoots
  • skips
  • slings
  • slops
  • sloshes
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  • spatters
  • speeds
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  • stampedes
  • steeps
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  • steps on it
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  • washes
  • waters
  • weighs down
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • whizzes
  • worries
  • zips
  • zooms

jets

  • accelerates
  • arrows
  • barrels
  • beats it
  • beelines
  • beetles
  • belches
  • belts
  • blasts
  • blazes
  • blows
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bowls
  • breezes
  • bundles
  • bursts
  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • cannonballs
  • careens
  • careers
  • cascades
  • casts
  • catches up
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  • courses
  • darts
  • dashes
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  • discharges
  • disgorges
  • drives
  • drowns
  • ejects
  • emanates
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  • engulfs
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  • fast-forwards
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  • floods
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  • fountains
  • gallops
  • gets a move on
  • geysers
  • gushes
  • hares
  • hastens
  • heaves
  • hies
  • highballs
  • humps
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  • inundates
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  • launches
  • makes tracks
  • motors
  • nips
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  • outruns
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  • overflows
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  • overwhelms
  • pelts
  • pitches
  • plashes
  • pours
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  • rams
  • releases
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  • rockets
  • rolls
  • runs
  • rushes
  • rustles
  • scampers
  • scoots
  • scuds
  • scuffles
  • scurries
  • scuttles
  • shakes a leg
  • shoots
  • sloshes
  • sluices
  • speeds
  • spews
  • spits
  • splashes
  • spouters
  • spouts
  • sprays
  • springs
  • sprints
  • spritzes
  • spurts
  • squirts
  • stampedes
  • steps
  • steps on it
  • steps out
  • streaks
  • streams
  • submerges
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  • surges
  • swamps
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  • tears
  • tosses
  • travels
  • trots
  • vents
  • washes
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • whizzes
  • zips
  • zooms

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