race - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a canal for a current of water

Synonyms

• race
• raceway

More generic

• canal

Noun

a contest of speed

Synonyms

• race

More generic

• competition
• contest

More specific

• auto race
• automobile race
• bicycle race
• bike race
• boat race
• burnup
• car race
• chariot race
• cross country
• dog racing
• foot race
• footrace
• freestyle
• heat
• horse race
• potato race
• relay
• relay race
• repechage
• run
• sack race
• scratch race
• ski race
• skiing race

Noun

any competition

Synonyms

• race

More generic

• competition
• contest

More specific

• arms race
• campaign
• political campaign
• run

Noun

people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

Synonyms

• race

More generic

• group
• grouping

More specific

• Herrenvolk
• master race

Noun

(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

Synonyms

• race
• subspecies

More generic

• taxon
• taxonomic category
• taxonomic group

Noun

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Synonyms

• airstream
• backwash
• race
• slipstream
• wash

More generic

• flow

Verb

compete in a race

Synonyms

• race
• run

More generic

• compete
• contend
• vie

More specific

• boat-race
• campaign
• horse-race
• place
• run
• show
• speed skate

Verb

move hurridly

Synonyms

• belt along
• bucket along
• cannonball along
• hasten
• hie
• hotfoot
• pelt along
• race
• rush
• rush along
• speed
• step on it

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• barge
• buck
• charge
• dart
• dash
• flash
• push forward
• scoot
• scud
• shoot
• shoot down
• tear
• thrust ahead

Verb

cause to move fast or to rush or race

Synonyms

• race
• rush

More generic

• displace
• move

Verb

to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

Synonyms

• race

More generic

• act
• move

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