Another word for haste
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Noun
Verb
To move swiftly
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Another word for haste
Noun
Undue rapidity
Urgency
See also:
Idioms:
in haste
make-haste
Synonym Study
- Dispatch comes close to expedition in meaning but more strongly stresses promptness in finishing something completed the report with dispatch
- Expedition adds to speed the implication of efficiency and stresses the facilitation of an action or procedure
- Speed implies rapidity of movement, operation, etc., of persons or things, suggesting effectiveness and the absence of excitement or confusion to increase the speed of an assembly line
- Hurry , often interchangeable with haste , specifically suggests excitement, bustle, or confusion the hurry of city life
- Haste implies quick or precipitate movement or action, as from the pressure of circumstances or intense eagerness
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