Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun zoom

2 senses of zoom

Sense 1
rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom -- (a rapid rise)
       => rise, rising, ascent, ascension -- (a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon")

Sense 2
soar, zoom -- (the act of rising upward into the air)
       => rise, ascent, ascension, ascending -- (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb zoom

3 senses of zoom

Sense 1
zoom, zoom along, whizz, whizz along -- (move along very quickly)
       => travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip -- (move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed")

Sense 2
zoom -- (move with a low humming noise)
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 3
soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom -- (rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen")
       => rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")