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Another word for speed

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Noun

  1. Rate of motion or performance

    See also:

    fast

  2. Rapidness of movement or activity

    See also:

    fast

Verb

  1. To increase the speed of.

    See also:

    fast

  2. To move swiftly

    Idioms:
    See also:

    move

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Another word for speed

Noun
  1. Antonyms:
Verb

  1. To move rapidly

    See also:

    race

  2. To promote

    See also:

    promote

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • He drove the speed limit - no more, no less.

  • Howard had to pull out of the driveway slowly and gradually increase his speed.

  • The big deal is the speed limit is fifty.

  • I broke the speed limit wasting no time getting there.

  • Plus, it's all about to speed way, way up.

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