Race
Pronunciation of Race
/ɹˈe͡ɪs/, /ɹˈeɪs/, /ɹ_ˈeɪ_s/
Synonyms for race:
Sense 2 (noun)
nationality, population, tribe, nation, folk.
Sense 3 (noun)
sweepstakes, meet, clash, full-blooded, steeplechase, competition, match, minority, aryan, multiracial, heat, pursuit, ethnic minority, black, lap, ethnic, regatta.
Sense 4 (noun)
warfare, struggle, surge, outpace, contest, war, fly, tug-of-war, rivalry, striving, strife, battle, Corrivalry.
Sense 5 (noun)
Sense 6 (noun)
face, duel, represent, take up, enter, ride.
Sense 8 (noun)
blood relative (noun)
kin.
category (noun)
genotype, stripe, form, clan, grain, genus, level, people, degree, rank, grade, type, class, ilk, classification, designation, step, strain, set, sort, denomination, make, style, kingdom, taxonomy, series, order, label, Family, line, kind, brand, stamp, mold, persuasion, phylum, feather, caste, category, variety, species.
competition (noun)
strife, tug-of-war, horse race, rivalry, match.
ethnic group (noun)
stock, breed, line, lineage, strain, Family, folk, tribe, people, blood, variety, nation, clan, nationality, species, kin, house, type, kind.
family relationship (noun)
line (noun)
line.
passage (noun)
conduit.
place of birth (noun)
nationality.
pursuit; running, speeding (noun)
scurry, meet, rivalry, course, competition, rush, contest, run, dash, match, go, clash, sprint.
race (noun)
subspecies, raceway, belt along, hasten, speed, bucket along, pelt along, run, airstream, rush, hie, rush along, wash, backwash, hotfoot, cannonball along, slipstream.
social class (noun)
caste.
stream, river (noun)
raceway.
Sense 1
Corrivalry, brotherhood, opposition, photo finish, COMP, turkey shoot, full-blooded, joy ride, tug-of-war, aryan, one-horse race, regatta, channel, slugfest, ethnic minority, multiracial, hustle, mano a mano, olympiad.
Sense 2
barge, competition, rivalry, rocket, heat, nationality, division, zoom, outstrip, war, hurtle, precipitate, slew, zap, striving, bustle, whisk, barrel, outpace, highball, warfare, free-for-all, cut through.
Sense 3
struggle, lap, match, drift, contest, sail, defend, rip, flick, hot dog, generic, burst, swoop.
Sense 4
bomb, travel, hop, whiz, flash, bounce, skim, slide, ethnic, battle, streak, bucket.
Sense 5
whirl, entry, leap, strife, team, nip, minority, fleet, surge, white, duel, skip, haste, steam.
Sense 6
whip, belt, explode, duck, replay, bolt, dive, sweep, bundle, whistle.
Sense 7
Sense 8
rally, guest, represent, take up, qualify, ride.
Sense 9
Sense 10
jump, power, wing, buzz, book.
Sense 12
Sense 13
Sense 17
a people
folk.
chase
pursuit.
contest
sweepstakes.
flutter
flit.
hasten
hotfoot
pipe
conduit.
slide
skate.
sweepstakes
steeplechase.
competition (verb)
run.
contend (verb)
compete.
motion (verb)
rush.
run (verb)
tear, hurry, run, dash, sprint, trot, scramble, plunge, jog, scurry, rush, scamper, canter, scoot, dart, gallop, lope, bound.
run, speed in competition (verb)
scramble, gallop, haste, shoot, hustle, skim, hurry, swoop, fly, tear, bustle, dart, outstrip, hasten, wing, scamper, hie, career, scuttle, bolt, compete, whisk.
Usage examples for race:
- She was sorry she'd made old Clara sick before the race. - "The Underpup", I. A. R. Wylie.
- The race had come to an end. - "The Puppet Crown", Harold MacGrath.
- His eyes met Knight's and they looked at each other dumbly, asking each other how the the race would end. - "Tom of the Raiders", Austin Bishop.