Synonyms of scuttling

scuttling 1 of 2

noun

as in wrecking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrecking
• wreck
• shipwreck
• shipwrecking
• wreckage
• sinking
• stranding
• grounding
• beaching
• foundering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovery
• salvage
• salvaging

scuttling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of scuttle

as in scurrying

to proceed or move quickly

mice scuttling across the barn floor to escape the cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scurrying
• hurrying
• rushing
• travelling
• flying
• speeding
• racing
• traveling
• trotting
• zipping
• driving
• chasing
• jumping
• buzzing
• running
• darting
• scooting
• stepping
• blowing
• dashing
• blasting
• tearing
• ripping
• ramming
• whirling
• zooming
• bolting
• hurtling
• rustling
• barreling
• bowling
• hurling
• hastening
• blazing
• careening
• hustling
• careering
• shooting
• bundling
• pelting
• jogging
• haring
• humping
• rocketing
• bustling
• whisking
• nipping
• breezing
• coursing
• motoring
• barrelling
• galloping
• cracking (on)
• jetting
• belting
• scampering
• flitting
• bombing
• cannonballing
• hieing
• hying
• beating it
• highballing
• scudding
• stepping on it
• getting a move on
• stampeding
• making tracks
• scuffling
• sprinting
• whizzing
• shaking a leg
• hotfooting (it)
• streaking
• accelerating
• beetling
• overtaking
• outrunning
• quickening
• stepping out
• outpacing
• outstripping
• catching up
• beelining
• arrowing
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• poking
• dragging
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• lagging
• shuffling
• dawdling
• loitering
• strolling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• lumbering
• plodding
• tarrying
• decelerating
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying