Race synonyms
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A number of different things.
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character:
Sort; variety; class
A distinct kind; sort; variety; class
The definition of a type means people, places or things that share traits which allow them to belong to the same group.
The definition of a breed is a group of animals that has a specific characteristic or trait.
(Countable, music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
Skin pigmentation of a particular people or racial group, esp. when non-Caucasoid
The status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization; identification as to national origin
The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought considered as a unit, especially with regard to a particular time or social group:
cultural group
Roughly, people united by blood or custom
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
a people
Roughly, people united by blood or custom
The human race; humankind.
Esp. among preliterate peoples, a group of persons, families, or clans believed to be descended from a common ancestor and forming a close community under a leader, or chief
A religious body or denomination, esp. a small group that has broken away from an established church
A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
ethnic stock
Roughly, people united by blood or custom
An identifiable group of individuals that a regulation or statute deals with or acts upon differently than it does other people. If the group is identified by gender, race, national origin, or religion, such a group is called a protected class or a suspect class. See also suspect classification.
population connected by common descent
Roughly, people united by blood or custom
The government of a sovereign state.
The members of one's family or childhood household; one's relatives.
The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]
Ancestry; family; stock
(Ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
inhabitants
Plural form of inhabitant
A group of individuals of the same species occupying a particular geographic area. Populations may be relatively small and closed, as on an island or in a valley, or they may be more diffuse and without a clear boundary between them and a neighboring population of the same species. For species that reproduce sexually, the members of a population interbreed either exclusively with members of their own population or, where populations intergrade, to a greater degree than with members of other populations.
The general public; the masses.
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
breeding population
Roughly, people united by blood or custom
The definition of a competition is a contest, sports match or rivalry.
(--- Computers) An execution of a specific program or instruction.
In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
A division of a relay race.
The definition of a marathon is a long distance race, or is a long ordeal or task.
The definition of a meet is a gathering of people for a sporting match.
(Computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
A specific, often limited, period of employment:
competitive trial of speed
A contest, usually of speed
The noise produced by scurrying.
The definition of a spurt is a sudden burst of energy or spray.
A single occasion; a time:
Pursuit is the act of following something, either to catch it or to engage in a specific activity.
Any of a genus (Juncus) of plants of the rush family, having small, greenish flowers: rushes usually grow in wet places and the round stems and pliant leaves of some species are used in making baskets, mats, ropes, etc.
footrace
A race run by contestants on foot.
A close, highly competitive contest, as in an election
dog race
A contest, usually of speed
automobile race
A contest, usually of speed
road-race
A race whose course follows one or more roads or trails rather than a track.
road rally
A contest, usually of speed
drag-race
A race between two cars to determine which can accelerate faster from a standstill.
A cross-country footrace or one run over a prepared course with ditches and other obstacles
(Sports & Games) A race or contest in which contestants are given advantages or compensations to equalize the chances of winning.
round pace
A contest, usually of speed
(Sports) A formal race usually having an open field of contestants:
A series of such races
A lottery in which the participants' contributions form a fund that is awarded as a prize to one or several winners.
A track for horse racing; also, the sport of horse racing
A session talk on a conference.
speedfest
A contest, usually of speed
To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
(Intransitive) To give chase; to hunt.
Tear means to pull or force something up or apart or rip into two or more pieces.
tear around
To move at great speed
To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
run swiftly
To move at great speed
To cause to move or act swiftly:
To be released, as a tooth on an escapement wheel in a watch.
To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
(Scot., North Eng.) To move to other quarters, esp. by stealth
(Informal) To cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry
To scorch is to burn or heat until blackened or withered, or to attack fiercely.
To sink (a ship) by this means.
To be directed suddenly and rapidly:
To move with or as if with great speed:
plunge ahead
To move at great speed
To mix or spin (ingredients), as in a blender.
To rise rapidly
To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
(Football) To run around with the ball behind the line of scrimmage in order to avoid being tackled while searching for an open receiver.
To whisk is defined as to move something or someone very quickly, or to beat or mix foods using a special kitchen tool, also called a whisk.
To photograph or record electronically a scene or subject
To touch lightly or superficially on:
To move at great speed
ride hard
To move at great speed
make-tracks
(Idiomatic) To leave in a hurry.
To put or pack in a barrel or barrels
run like mad
To move at great speed
crowd-sail
(Nautical) To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.
wing one's way
To move at great speed
outstrip the wind
To move at great speed
burn up the road
To move at great speed
gun the motor
To move at great speed
To drive fast; to step on the accelerator.
get-the-lead-out
(Idiomatic, dated) to go faster; to hurry up
To leave hastily; flee.
run a race
To compete
compete in a race
To compete
To hold to be a fact; assert
follow a course
To compete
engage in a contest of speed
To compete
enter a competition
To compete
race-walk
To compete in race walking
Gallop is defined as to hurry or move quickly.
heredity (related)
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
society (related)
The wealthy, socially dominant members of a community.
sport (related)
One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation:
To try to disprove or invalidate (something) as by argument or legal action; dispute
To run or chase after; pursue
To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
(Business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
Running is defined as done consecutively.
slalom
To take part in a slalom
To cause or design (a machine, etc.) to operate at a certain speed or speeds
Any fight or struggle; conflict
Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement.
A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty:
(Idiomatic) a dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back and forth dispute.
A condition of active antagonism or contention:
Conflict or struggle of any kind
To hold, carry, or put in a bucket:
To hasten.
(Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly:
(Obsolete) To drift.
(Intransitive) To throw out words.
A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
To move along through the air:
To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
(Obs.) To hurl or throw
To pass through or over by or as if by flying
To move with a sharp hissing sound.
In haste.
To rip is defined as to cut or tear away, to move quickly, or to slash violently.
(Slang) To proceed at great speed
(Slang) To snatch up hastily.
get-a-move-on
go like lightning
go like the wind
make-haste
run like the wind
shake-a-leg
step (or jump) on it
conflict (related)
The definition of a conflict is a fight or disagreement.
move (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
slipstream (related)
The current of air thrust backward by the spinning propeller of an aircraft; propeller wash
A racetrack for drag racing, stock cars, etc.
A stream of air; esp., the relative stream of air existing around an aircraft in flight or passing through its jets
(Informal) A backward flow of liquid from the mouth into a bottle or other drinking vessel at the end of a swig.
A quantity of articles washed or intended for washing:
move fast
move fast
move fast
move fast
move fast
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
(--- Sports & Games) One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
(Sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps, to swim two laps.
concours (French)
A contest, usually of speed
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