Synonyms of coursing

coursing

verb

present participle of course

1

as in chasing

to go after or on the track of

after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chasing
• pursuing
• tracking
• tracing
• following
• trailing
• escorting
• accompanying
• tailing
• dogging
• hounding
• running
• tagging
• shadowing
• watching
• running after
• hunting
• bird-dogging
• seeking
• observing
• searching (for)
• eyeing
• chaperoning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leading
• guiding
• heading
• piloting

2

as in traversing

to make one's way through, across, or over

once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traversing
• crossing
• following
• navigating
• walking
• traveling
• covering
• tracking
• transiting
• cutting (across)
• riding
• passing (over)
• proceeding (along)
• going
• hiking
• treading
• perambulating
• peregrinating
• tramping
• running
• crisscrossing
• traipsing

3

as in racing

to proceed or move quickly

racehorses coursing down the track

Synonyms & Similar Words

• racing
• speeding
• hurrying
• rushing
• trotting
• scurrying
• driving
• flying
• zipping
• traveling
• chasing
• running
• jumping
• darting
• buzzing
• scooting
• blowing
• tearing
• blasting
• dashing
• scuttling
• stepping
• careering
• blazing
• whirling
• ripping
• ramming
• hurtling
• barreling
• hurling
• bolting
• breezing
• careening
• jogging
• bowling
• rocketing
• shooting
• zooming
• hustling
• galloping
• haring
• motoring
• hastening
• rustling
• pelting
• whisking
• jetting
• humping
• bustling
• bundling
• nipping
• belting
• cracking (on)
• cannonballing
• hying
• bombing
• flitting
• highballing
• beating it
• scampering
• scudding
• making tracks
• sprinting
• whizzing
• getting a move on
• streaking
• accelerating
• hotfooting (it)
• stepping on it
• stampeding
• quickening
• shaking a leg
• scuffling
• beetling
• overtaking
• outrunning
• outstripping
• arrowing
• outpacing
• stepping out
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• poking
• dragging
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• lagging
• strolling
• loitering
• dawdling
• ambling
• sauntering
• dallying
• shuffling
• plodding
• lumbering
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• decelerating
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of coursing

Video showed water coursing down the front of the glass case protecting the fabled painting, which was unharmed, according to a gallery press release, as were the six other canvases nearby. — News Desk, Artforum, 18 Sep. 2026

Below the surface, there is a lot of contemptuous finger-pointing about where the anti-AI energy now coursing through the political-media landscape is coming from. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

If the jokes seem a bit more exaggerated this time and their bond much less complex, the palpable affection coursing between Kidman and Bullock remains as sturdy a foundation as ever. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

White rapids crashed down against the rocks—falling, needless to say, quite some distance—and still more cliffs towered steeply behind me, slender straight waterfalls coursing down them. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

That's roughly 15% of the electrons coursing through the grid managed by the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which in turn manages about 90% of the state’s electric load. — Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Van der Poel delivered the superhuman and curled up like a baby, suffering coursing through every nerve end. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 July 2026

There's a theme that's coursing through both parties among voters, Martha, frustration, even anger. — ABC News, 26 July 2026

In the background, two lawsuits are coursing through the court system seeking to curb the naming effort altogether. — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026