Revving

Synonyms for "revving" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
engine revvingengine roarescalationhigh revvingintense

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)
noisyramping uprapidly revvingrevrevving noiseroaringrpm increase

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries
actionaction verbactivationaudible phenomenondescriptive adjectiveengine characteristicengine operationincreaseintensificationmechanical actionnoisequalitative descriptorsoundtransitive verb

More specific

14 entries
accelerated activityaccelerated tempobike revvingcar revvingengine revvingengine roarhigh-energy statehigh-revvingmotorcycle revvingramping uprapid revvingrapid-revvingrpm spiketurbo whine

Collocations

12 entries
bike revvingengine noiseengine revvinghigh RPMhigh revvinghigh revving engineloud revvingrapid revvingrevved-up performancerevving enginerpm increasesteady revving

Inflections

5 entries
more revvingmost revvingrevsrevvedrevvings

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

These crank shafts are precision balanced for smooth high revving engines.

Source: tatoeba (6068356)

[…] we finally arrived in El Obeid […] after doing the last sixty miles in third gear, with frequent revvings in neutral to keep the engine going.

Source: wiktionary

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