105 Synonyms & Antonyms For RACE

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Definitions race [reys] / reɪs / NOUN pursuit; running, speeding Synonyms STRONGEST chase competition contention contest course event marathon match relay run sprint STRONG clash clip dash engagement go meet rivalry rush scurry spurt NOUN group of persons related by common descent Synonyms STRONG blood clan family folk house kin kindred kinfolk line lineage people stock tribe WEAK offspring progeny seed NOUN stream, river Synonyms STRONGEST run STRONG branch brook creek duct gill raceway rill rivulet runnel sluice tide WEAK rindle VERB run, speed in competition Synonyms STRONGEST bolt chase compete contest dart dash fly gallop hurry hustle rush scamper scramble shoot sprint tear STRONG boil bustle career course fling haste hasten hie lash outstrip post pursue scud scuttle skim spurt swoop whisk wing WEAK plunge ahead Antonyms STRONGEST dally dawdle delay procrastinate slow stay wait walk

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Would anybody be surprised if the weekend ended with the momentum of a twisting-and-turning title race - which many regard as the continent's most gripping - swinging in a different direction?

From BBC

Russell's pole was his second in six days after he took pole and win in the season-opening race in Australia.

From BBC

Angry Ginge's prediction: What a game this is going to be - this is huge in the race for the top four.

From BBC

The US actor's racing thriller F1 appears in several technical categories, but also scored a surprise best picture nomination.

From BBC

Less than a quarter mile from the finish, his race took an unexpected turn because of a fan.

From Los Angeles Times

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Words related to race are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word race. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

ancestry birth breed canter careers career caste chase clan clans competition conduits conduit consanguinity coursed course courses creek dash ethnicity extraction families family festinate flash flesh flies fly folk hastened hasten hotfoot house houses hunt hurries hurry hurtle hurtled hurtling hustle ilks ilk kin kind kindred kinds kinfolk line lineage match matches menage nations nationality nation onrush parentage pedigree peoples people progeny ran ran rivalry roots run run run rush rush scampering scampered scamper scramble scoot scurry scuttled scuttling scuttle scurried scurries seed seeds shoot skedaddle sort sped speed sprint sprinted stock strain strains streams stream swam swim tear tears tide tribes tribe varieties variety walk walks whiz whisk whizzes whizzed world

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