Definition for Flit:

• a sudden quick movement

Synonyms for Flit:

• n.

  •
  • be quick on your feet,
  • surge,
  • charge,
  • outpace.
  •
  • pelt,
  • pop up,
  • wing,
  • scour,
  • bolt,
  • race,
  • sail,
  • nip,
  • sprint,
  • barrel,
  • hustle,
  • spring,
  • break through,
  • shoot up,
  • come and go,
  • descend on,
  • erupt,
  • haste,
  • whirl,
  • trot,
  • tear,
  • crop up,
  • rip,
  • emerge,
  • bucket,
  • spring up.
  •act (noun)
  • flit.
  •dance (noun)
  • one-step,
  • two-step,
  • foxtrot,
  • twostep,
  • congas,
  • jive,
  • trip the light fantastic,
  • jitterbugs,
  • boogie down,
  • foot it,
  • boogies,
  • Tangos,
  • foxtrots,
  • samba,
  • get down,
  • bunny hop,
  • cut a rug,
  • rock n' roll,
  • conga,
  • jitterbug,
  • tango,
  • hoof it,
  • step,
  • rhumba,
  • jitter,
  • jives,
  • boogie.

• v.

  •bustle (verb)
  • be stirred,
  • be stirring,
  • be stirs,
  • be-stirred,
  • be-stirring,
  • be stir,
  • be-stir,
  • be-stirs.
  •dart (verb)
  • moving quickly.
  •drift (verb)
  • go that a ways,
  • go-that-a-waying,
  • going with the tide,
  • was carried along,
  • goes with tide,
  • go-that-a-ways,
  • goes with the tide,
  • go that a waying,
  • am carried along,
  • art carried along,
  • is carried along,
  • wert carried along,
  • going with tide,
  • are carried along,
  • go with tide,
  • go-that-a-wayed,
  • kicks around,
  • were carried along,
  • go that a wayed,
  • went with tide,
  • wast carried along,
  • go that a way,
  • being carried along,
  • went with the tide.
  •flash (verb)
  • ex-posing,
  • dis-ported,
  • dis porting,
  • dis ported,
  • ex posed,
  • ex pose,
  • ex-pose,
  • ex-posed,
  • dis-porting.
  •fly (verb)
  • go like wind,
  • jetted over,
  • goes like the wind,
  • bending the throttle,
  • winging in,
  • flat hats,
  • wings in,
  • jets over,
  • bent throttle,
  • flat hat,
  • flat hatted,
  • bended throttle,
  • flat hatting,
  • flathat,
  • taking wing,
  • went like wind,
  • flathatted,
  • flathats,
  • re-aching,
  • bent the throttle,
  • taking hop,
  • jetted out,
  • remaining aloft,
  • skyed out,
  • skying out,
  • jetting over,
  • took hop,
  • bended the throttle,
  • flat-hatting,
  • skies out,
  • going like wind,
  • took a hop,
  • flat-hatted,
  • bend throttle,
  • winged in,
  • going like the wind,
  • takes wing,
  • seagulled,
  • goes like wind,
  • runs its course,
  • bends throttle,
  • bend the throttle,
  • slips away,
  • takes a hop,
  • re ached,
  • flat-hats,
  • bending throttle,
  • took wing,
  • re aching,
  • slipt away,
  • takes flight,
  • jets out,
  • seagulling,
  • running its course,
  • flathatting,
  • remained aloft,
  • slipped away,
  • bends the throttle,
  • remains aloft,
  • take hop,
  • takes hop,
  • re-ached,
  • skied out,
  • taking a hop,
  • jetting out,
  • went like the wind.
  •glide (verb)
  • de scends,
  • de-scending,
  • de-clines,
  • smoothing along,
  • de-scend,
  • smoothed along,
  • de scended,
  • skirring,
  • de clines,
  • smooths along,
  • de cline,
  • de-cline,
  • de scending,
  • de scend,
  • de-scends,
  • de-scended,
  • skirred,
  • skirrs.
  •hang, float over (verb)
  • hover.
  •hightail (verb)
  • hightailed it,
  • hightailing it.
  •hover (verb)
  • are suspended,
  • brooded over,
  • was suspended,
  • art suspended,
  • wert suspended,
  • waited nearby,
  • waiting nearby,
  • am suspended,
  • is suspended,
  • waits nearby,
  • being suspended,
  • were suspended,
  • wast suspended,
  • broods over,
  • brooding over.
  •hurry (verb)
  • made time,
  • are quick,
  • shake leg,
  • shakes leg,
  • making time,
  • shakes a leg,
  • was quick,
  • makes tracks,
  • makes time,
  • turns on steam,
  • going like lightning,
  • made short work of,
  • stepping gas,
  • turn steam,
  • steps on it,
  • stepped on it,
  • makes short work of,
  • wert quick,
  • bulleting,
  • turning steam,
  • gotten a move on,
  • loses no time,
  • making haste,
  • goes like lightning,
  • whishing,
  • beelining,
  • being quick,
  • gets move on,
  • beelined,
  • stepped on gas,
  • gat a move on,
  • making short work of,
  • turned on steam,
  • getting a move on,
  • shook a leg,
  • stepping on it,
  • turns steam,
  • making tracks,
  • shook leg,
  • were quick,
  • speeds up,
  • turned steam,
  • stepped it,
  • get move on,
  • steps gas,
  • lost no time,
  • makes haste,
  • hurrying up,
  • gets a move on,
  • getting move on,
  • losing no time,
  • wast quick,
  • gotten move on,
  • step gas,
  • steps on gas,
  • art quick,
  • stepped gas,
  • gat move on,
  • whished,
  • is quick,
  • stepping on gas,
  • got move on,
  • am quick,
  • turning on steam,
  • stepping it,
  • steps it,
  • shaking leg,
  • made tracks.
  •leave (verb)
  • running along,
  • de sert,
  • with draw,
  • slipping out,
  • says goodbye,
  • goes forth,
  • moves out,
  • took a hike,
  • give slip,
  • with-draw,
  • going forth,
  • dis appear,
  • de-sert,
  • slipped out,
  • takes hike,
  • slips out,
  • gave the slip,
  • coming away,
  • de camps,
  • taking a hike,
  • took leave,
  • removed oneself,
  • with drew,
  • gave slip,
  • re tiring,
  • went forth,
  • comes away,
  • with-drew,
  • re-tire,
  • moving out,
  • walks out,
  • dis-appear,
  • taking hike,
  • rides off,
  • came away,
  • heading out,
  • dis appeared,
  • slipt out,
  • took hike,
  • de-camped,
  • heads out,
  • with draws,
  • rode off,
  • dis appears,
  • giving the slip,
  • giving slip,
  • riding off,
  • dis-appearing,
  • takes a hike,
  • gives slip,
  • with drawn,
  • removing oneself,
  • gives the slip,
  • removes oneself,
  • with drawing,
  • takes leave,
  • re-tiring,
  • de-camping,
  • dis appearing,
  • take hike,
  • rid off,
  • with-drawing,
  • dis-appeared,
  • re tires,
  • sets out,
  • runs along,
  • dis-appears,
  • de camping,
  • headed out,
  • de camped,
  • re tire,
  • walked out,
  • de camp,
  • de-camp,
  • de-camps,
  • re tired,
  • ran along,
  • with-drawn,
  • said goodbye.
  •run (verb)
  • de-parts,
  • made a break,
  • dogging it,
  • making a break,
  • de parts,
  • de part,
  • tears out,
  • cut run,
  • made break,
  • tore out,
  • de-part,
  • de parting,
  • legging it,
  • making break,
  • makes break,
  • de-parted,
  • de parted,
  • legs it,
  • dogs it,
  • tare out,
  • cutting run,
  • cutting and run,
  • cuts and run,
  • legged it,
  • dogged it,
  • de-parting,
  • lit out,
  • cuts run,
  • torn out,
  • make break,
  • tearing out,
  • makes a break.
  •rush (verb)
  • dis patched,
  • dis-patch,
  • getting cracking,
  • dis patches,
  • get lead out,
  • firing up,
  • gat cracking,
  • dis patch,
  • dis-patching,
  • gets cracking,
  • dis patching,
  • gotten cracking,
  • got cracking,
  • dis-patches,
  • dis-patched.
  •sail (verb)
  • gets under way,
  • gotten under way,
  • casting anchor,
  • makes headway,
  • casts anchor,
  • putting sea,
  • got under way,
  • puts to sea,
  • put sea,
  • gat under way,
  • puts sea,
  • made headway.
  •shake (verb)
  • dis quieting,
  • dis-compose,
  • dis-quieted,
  • set motion,
  • dis quieted,
  • dis-quiets,
  • up setting,
  • commoves,
  • dis-composing,
  • sets motion,
  • dis-composed,
  • concusses,
  • dis compose,
  • dis-quieting,
  • dis quiet,
  • up-sets,
  • dis-composes,
  • dis-quiet,
  • Commoved,
  • up sets,
  • succusses,
  • dis composes,
  • dis composing,
  • up-set,
  • succussing,
  • up-setting,
  • dis composed,
  • dis quiets,
  • succussed.
  •skip (verb)
  • hippety-hopped,
  • hippety hops,
  • hippety hopping,
  • hippety hopped,
  • hippetyhopping,
  • hippetyhop,
  • hippetyhops,
  • hippetyhopped,
  • hippety-hops,
  • hippety-hopping.
  •steal (verb)
  • in sinuates,
  • passed quietly,
  • passing quietly,
  • passes quietly,
  • in sinuating,
  • went stealthily,
  • going stealthily,
  • in-sinuating,
  • in sinuated,
  • in sinuate,
  • in-sinuate,
  • goes stealthily,
  • in-sinuates.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • festinate.
  •
  • hotfoot,
  • highball,
  • zoom.
  •
  • flap.
  •flicker
  • flickering,
  • glance,
  • Glinted,
  • glinting,
  • glitter,
  • glint.
  •glide
  • spiraling,
  • glissade,
  • spiralled,
  • spiraled,
  • slinks,
  • skating,
  • spiralling,
  • smooth along,
  • skate,
  • Slank,
  • Skirr.
  •hover
  • be suspended,
  • brood over,
  • wait nearby.
  •leave
  • set out,
  • vamoose,
  • slip out,
  • give the slip,
  • run along,
  • say goodbye,
  • saying goodbye,
  • go away,
  • exited,
  • goes away,
  • walk out,
  • emigrate,
  • go forth,
  • take a hike,
  • ride off,
  • taking leave,
  • Embarking,
  • walking out,
  • come away,
  • remove oneself,
  • moved out,
  • leave,
  • move out,
  • setting out,
  • pushing off,
  • went away,
  • going away,
  • take leave,
  • head out.
  •run
  • shagged,
  • shag,
  • hightail,
  • dog it,
  • leg it,
  • shags,
  • Loping,
  • tear out,
  • make a break,
  • running,
  • shagging,
  • cut and run.
  •sail
  • make headway,
  • Boated,
  • getting under way,
  • motored,
  • skippering,
  • captained,
  • get under way,
  • cast anchor,
  • skippered,
  • put to sea,
  • motoring,
  • putting to sea,
  • making headway,
  • captaining,
  • Voyaged.
  •steal
  • Snaked,
  • Snaking,
  • pass quietly,
  • go stealthily,
  • steal.

Antonyms for Flit:

• v.

  • flutter, move rapidly
    delay, halt, walk, slow, decelerate.
  • Other antonyms:
    hang, float, hover.

Flit Sentence Examples:

• Then the wrath from the Niblung slippeth and the shame that anger hath bred, And the heavy wings of the dreamtide flit over Gunnar's head: But he doth by his brother's bidding, and Sigurd's hand he takes, And he looks in the eyes of the Volsung, though scarce in the desert he wakes.

• While he waited, I watched a pair of swans flit ghost - like over the silken surface of the lake.

Hyponym for Flit:

• n.

  • act
    motion, move, relocation, movement, motility.