All beeline synonyms
beeΒ·line
B b noun beeline
- straightaway β straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- shortcut β a shorter or quicker way.
verb beeline
- lose no time β act without delay
- whish β a whishing sound.
- make time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- bestir β to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- make short work of β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- speed up β an increasing of speed.
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- bulleted β a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- shake a leg β an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- make tracks β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- smoking β the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- get a move on β to pass from one place or position to another.
- barrelling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- scoot β to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
- step on it β a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- barreled β Having the specified number of barrels.
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
adjective beeline
- linear β of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- rectilinear β forming a straight line.
- undistorted β not truly or completely representing the facts or reality; misrepresented; false: She has a distorted view of life.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- in a row β lined up
- undeviating β to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- in line β (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- straight β without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- collinear β lying on the same straight line
- unbent β simple past tense and past participle of unbend.
- lineal β being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
adverb beeline
- undeviatingly β to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- directly β in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- go straight β without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- unswervingly β to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- smack-dab β directly; squarely: smack-dab in the middle.
- as the crow flies β If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
- straight as an arrow β direct, unwavering