Another word for speed
speed
n.
swiftness, celerity, briskness, activity, eagerness, haste, hurry, promptitude, acceleration, dispatch, velocity, readiness, agility, liveliness, quickness, momentum, promptness, expedition, rapidity, alacrity, pace, precipitation, rush, precipitancy, urgency, legerity, rate, headway, breeze*, bat*, clip*, snap*, steam*.
Antonyms slowness*, tardiness, dilatoriness. See syn. study at haste.haste.
speed
v.
To move rapidly
race, rush, hurry, go fast, ride hard, put on sail, go like the wind*, cut along*, crowd sail, bowl along*, cover ground*, gun the motor*, give her the gas*, go all out*, gear up*, go it*, break the sound barrier*; see also race 1.
To promote
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Another word for speed
Rate of motion or performance:
pace, tempo, velocity. (Informal) clip1. See fastRapidness of movement or activity:
celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, swiftness. See fast
To increase the speed of.
Also used with up: accelerate, expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, quicken, step up. See fastTo move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. (Informal) hotfoot, rip. (Slang) barrel, highball. (Chiefly British) nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See move
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speed. (n.d.). Retrieved July 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/speed
