1. Move or travel very quickly
   "He hurried down the hall to receive his guests";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]
    
2. Move faster or act quickly or quicker
   "hurry — it's late!"; "We need to hurry up to catch the train";
   - rush, hasten, look sharp [informal], festinate [archaic], hurry up, make haste, get a move on [informal]
    
3. Urge to an unnatural speed
   "Don't hurry me, please!";
   - rush

1. A condition of urgency making it necessary to move or act fast
   "in a hurry to lock the door";
   - haste
    
2. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
   "he soon regretted his hurry";
   - haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation
    
3. The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
   "in his hurry to leave he forgot his book";
   - haste, rush, rushing

Derived forms: hurried, hurries, hurrying

Type of: act, exhort, fastness, go, locomote, motion, move, movement, press, speed, swiftness, travel, urge, urge on, urgency

Antonym: delay

Encyclopedia: Hurry, John