Synonyms for hurtle

Most common

throw · rush · fling · hurl · thrust · lunge · skedaddle

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.

   He hurtled the wad of paper angrily at the trash can and missed by a mile.

2. v. 2

   To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.

   Pieces of broken glass hurtled through the air.

3. n. 1

   An act of colliding with or hitting; a collision.

Forms

Plural

hurtles → hurts, clashes, buckets, books…

Past participle

hurtled
e.g. hurtled → hurled, rushed, thrun, heaved…

Example sentences

• throw His house is within a stone's throw of his school.
• rush She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.
• fling "It was just a fling." "I'm filing for a divorce."
• hurl I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.
• thrust Sami has been thrust into a role he never imagined.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

shy¹, peg¹, lob¹

4 letters

book¹, hurt¹, cast¹, bowl¹, rush¹, dash¹, jerk¹, toss¹, dart¹, hurl¹

5 letters

throw¹, pitch¹, chuck¹, clash¹, chunk¹, fling¹, sling¹, heave¹, lunge¹

6 letters

launch¹, bucket², thrust¹, thrill¹

9 letters

skedaddle

11 letters

precipitate⁴, hurtleberry

12 letters

whortleberry

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bucket² = 2 syllables).