Definition of race

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• race is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• race is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• race is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of race

• compete in a race (verb)

  Examples

  1. let's race and see who gets there first

  Synonyms

  1. run
• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. airstream
  2. backwash
  3. slipstream
  4. wash
• cause to move fast or to rush or race (verb)

  Examples

  1. The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze

  Synonyms

  1. rush
• move hurridly (verb)

  Examples

  1. The cars raced down the street

  Synonyms

  1. belt along
  2. bucket along
  3. cannonball along
  4. hasten
  5. hie
  6. hotfoot
  7. pelt along
  8. rush
  9. rush along
  10. speed
  11. step on it
• a canal for a current of water (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. raceway
• (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. subspecies
• a contest of speed (noun)

  Examples

  1. the race is to the swift
• any competition (noun)

  Examples

  1. the race for the presidency
• people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock (noun)

  Examples

  1. some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings
• to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others (verb)

See definition of race in Merriam Webster