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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, celerity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, gait, haste, headway, hurry, impetus, momentum, pace, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rate, swiftness, tempo |
| Notes: | speed is the distance an object travels during a unit of time; velocity is the distance an object travels in a specified direction during a unit of time |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | celerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swiftness |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, gait, haste, hurry, hustle, legerity, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity, vivacity |
| Antonyms: | slowness, sluggishness |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
| Synonyms: | arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, strong arm, stuff*, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme speed, hurry |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hurriedness, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
| Notes: | haste is overly eager speed while hasten is to act or move at high speed |
| Antonyms: | delay, leisure, lingering, rest, slowness |
| Main Entry: | movement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motion, activity |
| Synonyms: | act, action, advance, agitation, alteration, change, changing, deed, development, displacement, dynamism, evolution, evolving, exercise, flight, flow, flux, gesture, journey, journeying, locomotion, maneuver, migration, mobility, motility, movableness, move, moving, operation, operativeness, passage, progress, progression, regression, roaming, shift, shifting, steps, stir, stirring, transferal, transit, translating, transplanting, undertaking, velocity, voyaging, wandering |
| Antonyms: | cessation, halt, inaction, inactivity, pause, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed, tempo of motion |
| Synonyms: | beat, bounce, celerity, clip, downbeat, lick*, momentum, motion, movement, progress, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rate, swiftness, time, velocity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | propulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | force |
| Synonyms: | drive, effort, energy, full head of steam, horsepower, impulse, momentum, muscle, power, pressure, punch, push, speed, steam, strength, stress, tension, thrust, velocity |
| Main Entry: | rapidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quickness |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, alacrity, bat, briskness, celerity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, gait, haste, hurry, pace, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, rapidness, rush, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity |
| Antonyms: | languidity, slowness |
| Main Entry: | rate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed, pace |
| Synonyms: | clip, dash, flow, gait, gallop, hop, measure, motion, movement, pace, spurt, tempo, time, tread, velocity |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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