Synonyms of arrow

arrow

verb

as in to catch up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• catch up
• outrun
• overtake
• accelerate
• step out
• dart
• outpace
• gallop
• beeline
• outstrip
• streak
• quicken
• fast-forward
• jog
• sprint
• stampede
• beetle
• speed
• rocket
• jump
• belt
• hare
• jet
• step
• bolt
• zoom
• crack (on)
• flit
• barrel
• motor
• breeze
• fly
• ram
• tear
• course
• scamper
• career
• travel
• whizz
• race
• bundle
• chase
• shoot
• scoot
• hump
• blow
• whiz
• blaze
• pelt
• hurry
• dash
• drive
• hurl
• hurtle
• scurry
• trot
• blast
• rip
• scuttle
• zip
• hie
• whisk
• rush
• scud
• hasten
• bowl
• rustle
• hustle
• bomb
• cannonball
• highball
• nip
• buzz
• careen
• whirl
• bustle
• scuffle
• hotfoot (it)
• run

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drag
• creep
• poke
• crawl
• hang (around or out)
• lag
• poke
• linger
• tarry
• dawdle
• shuffle
• loiter
• stroll
• amble
• saunter
• lumber
• slow (down or up)
• decelerate
• plod
• dillydally
• dally

Examples of arrow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kate came to the bow and arrow on her own, though Clint's years of experience are still a benefit. —Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2021

In Bears Ears -- named for the twin buttes that rise above the landscape -- tourists and looters routinely steal ceramic shards, arrow heads and other remnants of the settlements of the Ancestral Puebloan Indians who lived in the area. —Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2021

Meanwhile, Katurah plays the help, who is readying weapons, from knives to bow and arrow to guns and RPGs in between skits. —Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 8 July 2021

Video captured McCormick in an argument with some protesters, and showed him getting a bow and arrow out of his car and pointing it at several people. —Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Nov. 2020