race

The word “race” has 1 syllable: race

It's pronounced as /reɪs/

What is synonym and antonym for race?

In the thesaurus, “race” has 174 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for race

accelerate
arrow
barrel
battle
beat it
beeline
beetle
belt
blast
blaze
blended family
blood
blow
boil
bolt
bomb
bowl
branch
breeze
brood
brook
bundle
bustle
buzz
cannonball
careen
career
catch up
challenge
chase
clan
clansman
clash
clip
compete
competition
contend
contention
contest
course
creek
dart
dash
descendant
descendent
drive
duct
dynasty
engage
engagement
ethnicity
event
extended family
face off
family
fast-forward
fight
fling
flit
fly
folk
folks
gallop
get a move on
gill
go
go out
hare
haste
hasten
hie
highball
house
household
hump
hurl
hurry
hurtle
hustle
issue
jet
jockey
jog
jostle
jump
kin
kindred
kinfolk
kinfolks
kinsfolk
kinsman
kinswoman
kith
lash
line
lineage
make tracks
maneuver
marathon
match
meet
minority
motor
nation
nationality
nip
nuclear family
offspring
outpace
outrun
outstrip
overtake
pelt
people
play
plunge ahead
post
progeny
pursue
quicken
raceway
ram
relative
relay
rill
rindle
rip
rival
rivalry
rivulet
rocket
run
runnel
rush
rustle
scamper
scion
scoot
scramble
scud
scuffle
scurry
scuttle
seed
shake a leg
shoot
skim
sluice
speed
sprint
spurt
stampede
step
step on it
step out
stock
streak
swoop
tear
tide
train
travel
tribe
trot
try out
vie
whirl
whisk
whiz
whizz
wing
work
zip
zoom

Antonyms for race

amble
ancestry
birth
crawl
creep
dally
dawdle
decelerate
delay
descent
dillydally
drag
extraction
lag
linger
loiter
lumber
origin
pedigree
plod
poke
procrastinate
saunter
shuffle
slow
stay
stroll
tarry
wait
walk

Meanings of race

noun
1. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins.
2. Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
3. A race condition.
4. A progressive movement toward a goal.
5. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
6. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
7. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
8. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
9. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:.
10. A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
11. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
12. A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
13. Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
14. Characteristic quality or disposition.
15. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
verb
1. To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
2. To compete against in such a race.
3. To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
4. Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
5. To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
6. To demolish; to level to the ground.
7. To scrape as if with a razor.

Example Sentences

In the park, families gathered for a friendly race around the lake.
The athletes trained rigorously for the upcoming marathon race.
As the cars lined up, the anticipation for the grand prix race reached its peak.
A spontaneous foot race broke out among the children in the schoolyard.
The cyclists pedaled with determination in the challenging mountain race.

On this page you'll find 204 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to race, such as: accelerate, amble, ancestry, arrow, barrel, battle, beat it.

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