racing

The word “racing” has 2 syllables: ra-cing

It's pronounced as /ˈreɪsɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for racing?

In the thesaurus, “racing” has 131 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for racing

  • accelerated
  • accelerating
  • arrowing
  • barreling
  • barrelling
  • battling
  • beating it
  • beelining
  • beetling
  • belting
  • blasting
  • blazing
  • blowing
  • bolting
  • bombing
  • bowling
  • breakneck
  • breathless
  • breezing
  • brisk
  • bundling
  • bustling
  • buzzing
  • cannonballing
  • careening
  • careering
  • catching up
  • challenging
  • chasing
  • competing
  • contending
  • contest
  • coursing
  • darting
  • dashing
  • dizzy
  • driving
  • engaging
  • expeditious
  • facing off
  • fast
  • fast-forwarding
  • fighting
  • fleet
  • flitting
  • flying
  • galloping
  • getting a move on
  • going out
  • haring
  • hastened
  • hastening
  • hasty
  • hieing
  • highballing
  • humping
  • hurling
  • hurried
  • hurrying
  • hurtling
  • hustling
  • hying
  • jetting
  • jockeying
  • jogging
  • jostling
  • jumping
  • lightning
  • making tracks
  • maneuvering
  • meteoric
  • motoring
  • nipping
  • outpacing
  • outrunning
  • outstripping
  • overtaking
  • pelting
  • playing
  • prompt
  • quick
  • quickened
  • quickening
  • ramming
  • rapid
  • ready
  • ripping
  • rivaling
  • rivalling
  • rocketing
  • running
  • rushed
  • rushing
  • rustling
  • sailing
  • scampering
  • scooting
  • scudding
  • scuffling
  • scurrying
  • scuttling
  • shaking a leg
  • shooting
  • snappy
  • speeding
  • speedy
  • sport
  • sporting
  • sprinting
  • stampeding
  • stepping
  • stepping on it
  • stepping out
  • streaking
  • swift
  • tearing
  • track
  • training
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • trotting
  • trying out
  • vying
  • warp-speed
  • whirling
  • whirlwind
  • whisking
  • whizzing
  • working
  • zipping
  • zooming

Antonyms for racing

Meanings of racing

  • 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.
  • noun
    1. The sport of competing in races.

Example Sentences

  • The thunderous sound of engines filled the air as the racing cars zoomed around the track.
  • Excitement rippled through the crowd as the horses thundered down the racing course.
  • Professional cyclists displayed incredible stamina as they competed in the intense world of competitive racing.
  • Enthusiastic cheers erupted from the stands as the athletes sprinted toward the finish line in the final lap of the racing event.
  • In the world of competitive sailing, precision and strategy are crucial for success in offshore racing.

On this page you'll find 168 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to racing, such as: accelerated, accelerating, ambling, arrowing, barreling, barrelling, battling.

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

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wakening

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quickening

  • abetting
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  • juicing up
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  • moving
  • pesky
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  • racing
  • raising
  • rallying
  • re-energizing
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  • recharging
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  • whisking

immunizing

  • acclimating
  • acclimatizing
  • accustoming
  • adapting
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  • annealing
  • bolstering
  • boosting
  • bracing
  • breaking in
  • buttressing
  • conditioning
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  • fortifying
  • habituating
  • hardening
  • indurating
  • inuring
  • invigorating
  • naturalizing
  • reenforcing
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  • seasoning
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  • supporting
  • tempering
  • toughening
  • training
  • vitalizing

effected

  • a wrap
  • accomplished
  • achieved
  • actualized
  • advanced
  • all in
  • all over
  • all over but the shouting
  • all-embracing
  • all-inclusive
  • attained
  • began
  • begat
  • begot
  • bred
  • brought
  • brought about
  • brought forth
  • brought on
  • brought to a close
  • brought to pass
  • buttoned-up
  • carried out
  • catalyzed
  • caused
  • ceased
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  • compassed
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  • content
  • created
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  • delighted
  • depleted
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  • effectuated
  • elaborated
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  • fulfilled
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  • furthered
  • gave rise to
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  • gratified
  • happy
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  • in the past
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  • set
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  • settled
  • sewn-up
  • shut
  • spawned
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  • sweeping
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  • wired
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neighboring

  • abutting
  • accessible
  • adjacent
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  • ambient
  • approaching
  • approximate
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  • bordering
  • bounding
  • circumjacent
  • close
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  • contiguous
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  • hand-to-hand
  • handy
  • immediate
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  • interconnecting
  • joined
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  • lining
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  • marginal
  • margining
  • meeting
  • near
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  • next door
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  • nigh
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  • peripheral
  • proximate
  • rimming
  • skirting
  • surrounding
  • tangent
  • tangential
  • to hand
  • touching
  • united
  • upcoming
  • verging

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