GALLOPING Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈga-lə-piŋ

Definition of galloping

as in rapid

moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed the galloping pace of development in that Sunbelt state

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galloping

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verb

present participle of gallop

as in trotting

to go at a pace faster than a walk dawdles to school but gallops coming home

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Recent Examples of galloping

Adjective

As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality. — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 June 2021 Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse. — Rob Hodgetts At Longchamp, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019 The artist was in Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2019 The artist was in New York’s Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019 And who could forget the haywire moment where a galloping horse went rogue following the ceremony? — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 May 2018 They were then placed together in a sequence, reconstructing the galloping horse with 90 percent accuracy. — Fox News, 13 July 2017

Verb

His grandfather was English, and much of the shoot involved being at a different moor or castle with wild horses galloping around every other week, Nordrum says. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 Body-camera video obtained by CBS News Atlanta shows HeeHaw the donkey galloping toward officers before a Cedartown police officer shoots him during a search for a missing girl. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Explore See latest videos, charts and news Now, banjoists Steve Martin and Alison Brown have welcomed a collection of fellow bluegrass artists to give the track a galloping bluegrass spin. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026 We were greeted at the gate by three galloping horses and over a dozen hounds, who gracefully led us to the castle, where we were met by the delightful staff. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026 Atkinson’s gift for galloping plot, as well as her typical attention to even the most tertiary character, make this a delicious gulp of a read. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026 The thing needed, even in the days of galloping authoritarianism, is to cut the Court down to size. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 One gang wears football pads as armor and comes galloping in on horses, whooping like the Apaches in a John Ford movie. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 At sunset, boys who live in a nearby village are galloping bareback down the beach on their Sumba ponies. — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for galloping

Adjective

This is the experience of some students in the state and it is being further complicated by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, rising college costs and limited exposure to jobs before graduation.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Their operational training regularly includes rapid rope insertions from heights of 100 feet or more.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of rapid

Verb

For well-heeled, globe-trotting diners, Noma offered an escape from modernity and the sensation of communing with something more elemental and earthbound.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Jeon Do-yeon, who plays the family’s matriarch, is colorfully slinky as a globe-trotting party widow, a vain, compulsively seductive narcissist who macks on her daughters’ men like a Real Housewife given a villain’s edit.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of trotting

Adjective

Though the Scandi brand was selling at a brisk pace to her online customers, Stover knew the economics weren’t going to work for the long term if every reorder was saddled with that kind of extra cost.

— Jessica Binns, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
The final product is a rousing, brisk, and genuinely inspiring biopic that never feels like homework.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of brisk

Verb

As the storm approached Puerto Vallarta, National Guard vehicles patrolled the streets while police used a megaphone to call out the few people who were jogging, walking their dogs or biking by the waterfront.

— Fernando Llano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Brooks came back to the sideline 20 minutes later, and was spotted jogging.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of jogging

Adjective

If there are 1023 particles interfering with one another on such tiny and fast quantum scales, no human has a chance to see constructive quantum interference.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
So the faster states count ballots, the faster those determinations can be made.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of fast

Verb

On the other, evidence suggests this pair of habitual time-wasters were commonly found on the floor, running laughter through a Yamaha SPX90 effects processor for kicks and strumming the same note for 40-odd minutes.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Albert Ramdin, secretary general of the Organization of American States, also has said that candidates with criminal ties should be barred from running.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

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