careening

The word “careening” has 3 syllables: ca-reen-ing

It's pronounced as /kəˈrinɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for careening?

In the thesaurus, “careening” has 135 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for careening along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for careening

Antonyms for careening

Meanings of careening

  • verb
    1. To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
    2. To tilt on one side.
    3. To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
    4. To tilt or lean while in motion.
    5. (chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
    6. (chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
  • noun
    1. The motion of something that careens.

Example Sentences

  • The truck came careening down the mountain road at full speed.
  • They screamed as the roller coaster went careening around the bend.
  • A shopping cart went careening across the parking lot in the wind.
  • The boat was careening dangerously in the rough waves.
  • He lost control of his bike and went careening into the grass.

On this page you'll find 153 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to careening, such as: accelerating, ambling, arrowing, barging, barreling, barrelling, beating it.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • accelerating
  • accumulating
  • aerial
  • aeronautical
  • airborne
  • appreciating
  • arrowing
  • avian
  • ballooning
  • barreling
  • barrelling
  • beating it
  • beelining
  • beetling
  • belting
  • blasting
  • blazing
  • blowing
  • bolting
  • bombing
  • bourgeoning
  • bowling
  • breezing
  • building up
  • bumbling
  • bundling
  • burgeoning
  • burring
  • bustling
  • buzzing
  • cannonballing
  • careening
  • careering
  • catching up
  • chasing
  • chirring
  • churring
  • cooing
  • coursing
  • cresting
  • curring
  • darting
  • dashing
  • drifting
  • driving
  • droning
  • enlarging
  • escalating
  • expanding
  • express
  • fast
  • fast-forwarding
  • fizzing
  • flapping
  • fleet
  • flitting
  • floating
  • fluttering
  • flying
  • galloping
  • getting a move on
  • gliding
  • haring
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  • heightening
  • hieing
  • highballing
  • hissing
  • hovering
  • humming
  • humping
  • hurling
  • hurrying
  • hurtling
  • hustling
  • hying
  • increasing
  • intensifying
  • jetting
  • jogging
  • jumping
  • making tracks
  • mercurial
  • mobile
  • motoring
  • mounting
  • multiplying
  • murmuring
  • mushrooming
  • nipping
  • on the wing
  • outpacing
  • outrunning
  • outstripping
  • overtaking
  • peaking
  • pelting
  • plumed
  • proliferating
  • purring
  • quickening
  • racing
  • ramming
  • ripping
  • rocketing
  • running
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  • rustling
  • sailing
  • scampering
  • scooting
  • scudding
  • scuffling
  • scurrying
  • scuttling
  • shaking a leg
  • shooting
  • sighing
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  • skyrocketing
  • snowballing
  • soaring
  • speeding
  • speedy
  • sprinting
  • stampeding
  • stepping
  • stepping on it
  • stepping out
  • streaking
  • streaming
  • surging
  • swelling
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  • swooping
  • tearing
  • thrumming
  • traveling
  • travelling
  • trotting
  • volant
  • volar
  • volitant
  • waving
  • waxing
  • wheezing
  • whirling
  • whirring
  • whishing
  • whisking
  • whispering
  • whistling
  • whizzing
  • whooshing
  • winging
  • zipping

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