Synonyms of rocket

rocket

verb

1

as in to speed

to proceed or move quickly

the startled cat rocketed out of the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to soar

to rise abruptly and rapidly

the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soar
• surge
• increase
• balloon
• shoot (up)
• skyrocket
• peak
• mushroom
• zoom
• snowball
• swell
• mount
• wax
• crest
• bourgeon
• proliferate
• intensify
• escalate
• multiply
• expand
• accumulate
• enlarge
• build up
• appreciate
• burgeon
• heighten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tumble
• plunge
• plummet
• fall
• slump
• collapse
• nose-dive
• drop
• decrease
• contract
• diminish
• wane
• lessen

Examples of rocket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

China’s Shanghai Composite slumped around 4.9% after rocketing in early October. —Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024

Meanwhile, the Johns brothers went back to the drawing board strategy-wise, hung around at events, and outright won the most recent PPA slam, giving them enough points to rocket them back to the #1 seed on tour in Virginia Beach. —Todd Boss, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from homes on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border since Hezbollah began rocketing Israel following the Hamas October 7th attacks in Israel, and Israel strikes in Gaza. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024

What to watch: Unlike many of these cases, the bombshell revelations about Robinson have national implications: North Carolina has rocketed into contention to be the most important swing state in the presidential race. —Zachary Basu, Axios, 21 Sep. 2024