Synonyms of rockets

rockets

verb

present tense third-person singular of rocket

1

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

the startled cat rocketed out of the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• races
• flies
• travels
• zips
• rushes
• drives
• scurries
• trots
• hurries
• chases
• darts
• jumps
• buzzes
• scoots
• barrels
• runs
• blows
• blasts
• jets
• bowls
• motors
• dashes
• bombs
• rams
• tears
• careers
• zooms
• steps
• bolts
• scuttles
• shoots
• courses
• blazes
• belts
• rips
• cannonballs
• hurls
• whirls
• cracks (on)
• hurtles
• hares
• humps
• jogs
• bundles
• pelts
• hies
• rustles
• breezes
• hustles
• bustles
• whisks
• nips
• beats it
• steps on it
• careens
• hastens
• highballs
• makes tracks
• scuds
• gallops
• hotfoots (it)
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• beetles
• sprints
• streaks
• whizzes
• flits
• scampers
• stampedes
• arrows
• accelerates
• scuffles
• outruns
• steps out
• outstrips
• overtakes
• outpaces
• quickens
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pokes
• crawls
• lags
• creeps
• hangs (around or out)
• drags
• pokes
• lingers
• loiters
• tarries
• dawdles
• strolls
• dallies
• saunters
• shuffles
• slows (down or up)
• ambles
• dillydallies
• plods
• lumbers
• decelerates

2

as in soars

to rise abruptly and rapidly

the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soars
• surges
• increases
• balloons
• shoots (up)
• peaks
• skyrockets
• zooms
• mushrooms
• swells
• snowballs
• mounts
• bourgeons
• waxes
• proliferates
• intensifies
• escalates
• crests
• accumulates
• expands
• multiplies
• enlarges
• builds up
• burgeons
• appreciates
• heightens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tumbles
• plummets
• plunges
• slumps
• falls
• nose-dives
• collapses
• drops
• decreases
• contracts
• diminishes
• wanes
• lessens