- race
- In1. footrace, sprint, dash, relay, crosscountry, marathon; heat, lap; horse race, steeplechase, handicap; road race, drag race, drag, Grand Prix; road rally or rally; soapbox derby; (motorcycling) moto-cross or moto-x, (motorcycling) enduro; regatta.2. racesderby, sweepstakes; the horses, the ponies, the trotters, the sulkies; the dogs.3. contest, competition, contention.4. progress, progression, advance, advancement, onward movement or progression.5. channel, waterway, watercourse, course, chute, flume, sluice, spillway.6. flow, flux, efflux, outpour, outflow; rush, surge, gush; flood, torrent, river; millstream, millrace, Chiefly Brit. raceway.v7. run, dash, dart, bolt, tear, bowl along, cover ground, make strides; sprint, fly, flit, whiz, whisk; zoom, zip, career, rip, scour, scud, scorch, burn up the road, outstrip the wind, race like the wind, go or be off like a shot, Chiefly Brit. hare, Inf. clip, Inf. barrel, Inf. pour it on.8. haste, make haste, speed, hustle, hurry, post, rush, scramble, step lively, double-time, Inf. hump it; All Sl. get the lead out, step on it, hop on it, get a move on, stir one's stumps.IIn1. nation, people, folk; tribe, clan, family.2. line, bloodline, descent, blood, strain, stirps, breed, extraction; ancestry, parentage, paternity; house.3. man, mankind, humankind, family of man, humanity, human race, Homo sapiens.4. class, species, genus; kind, sort, ilk, variety, Inf. lot.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.