SCURRY Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈskər-ē

Definition of scurry

as in to hurry

to proceed or move quickly everyone scurried back to work as soon as they had finished their lunch in the cafeteria

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scurry

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noun

as in scuttle

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Recent Examples of scurry

Verb

Daniels also could have scurried to his feet and spiked the ball because there were seven seconds remaining when he was tackled. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 But she, and New York Times journalists observing the raid, were soon distracted by a group of cockroaches scurrying past an oil canister. — Zishaan A Latif, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Noun

In hurry-and-scurry mode, Katalyst built a robotic spacecraft called LINK, which launched on July 3 to meet up with Swift and haul it to a higher orbit. — Leonard David, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Now under a hiatus from regulatory scrutiny, Bytedance has continued to ship a scurry of AI apps ranging from an AI coding tool to image and music generators, Forbes reported. — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scurry

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scurry

Verb

On a tight end screen with 8 minutes and 48 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the Falcons’ 31-23 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Daniels hurried downhill and tackled Bears standout Colston Loveland.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Jeff Boschee had no desire to head out of town, to hurry back to Pittsburg, Kansas, after his Pittsburg State Gorillas’ 80-62 Late Night in the Phog exhibition loss to Kansas on Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of hurry

Verb

Police detained Runa at the care home and took her away before her mother, who had rushed back to the facility upon hearing the news, had a chance to see her, Yoko recalled.

— Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Hawkins, who entered the game leading the nation with 14 rushing TDs, also had scoring runs of 2 and 36 yards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of rush

Noun

Once reading time kicked off during a recent meetup, the only sounds from the group were the quiet rustle of pages turning and the conscientious nibbling of snacks and sipping of tea as the cafe continued its bustle.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 Oct. 2026
In the video, shared by Nixon on Instagram, Benton, Baranski and others in full regalia (bustles, corsets, the whole nine yards) huddle around the iPad of John Douglas Thompson, who plays Peggy’s father, before the room explodes.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of bustle

Noun

Manning, facing the alma mater of granddad Archie and uncle Eli, also had a 19-yard scramble and was 18 of 30 for 212 yards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks were our two biggest winners last week — both up more than 11% as news of the security flaws in the PHP programming language touched off a global security scramble.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026