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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental nimbleness, deftness |
| Synonyms: | activity, acuteness, adroitness, alacrity, alertness, briskness, celerity, cleverness, dexterity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, friskiness, litheness, liveliness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, quickwittedness, sharpness, sprightliness, spryness, suppleness, swiftness |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, stiffness |
| Main Entry: | grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charm, loveliness |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, agility, allure, attractiveness, balance, beauty, breeding, comeliness, consideration, cultivation, decency, decorum, dexterity, dignity, ease, elegance, etiquette, finesse, finish, form, gracefulness, lissomeness, lithesomeness, mannerliness, manners, nimbleness, pleasantness, pliancy, poise, polish, propriety, refinement, shapeliness, smoothness, style, suppleness, symmetry, tact, tastefulness |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, ineptness, tactlessness |
| Main Entry: | intelligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perceive, understand |
| Synonyms: | IQ, acuity, acumen, agility, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains, brightness, brilliance, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, coruscation, discernment, gray matter, intellect, judgment, luminosity, mentality, mind, penetration, perception, perspicacity, precocity, quickness, quotient, reason, sagacity, savvy, sense, skill, smarts, subtlety, the right stuff, trenchancy, understanding, what it takes, wit |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | speed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rate of motion, often a high rate |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, activity, agility, alacrity, breeze, briskness, celerity, clip, dispatch, eagerness, expedition, fleetness, gait, haste, headway, hurry, hustle, legerity, lick, liveliness, momentum, pace, precipitancy, precipitation, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, readiness, rush, rustle, snap, steam, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | vigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, energy |
| Synonyms: | ability, action, activity, agility, alertness, bang*, birr, bounce, capability, capacity, dash, drive, dynamism, endurance, enterprise, exercise, fire, force, get-up-and-go, go*, hardiness, healthiness, intensity, juice*, kick*, liveliness, lustiness, might, motion, moxie*, muscle*, nimbleness, pep, pith, potency, puissance, punch*, push, quickness, snap*, sock, soundness, starch, steam, strength, tuck, urgency, vehemence, vim, vitality, well-being, zing, zip |
| Antonyms: | enervation, idleness, inactivity, lethargy, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | physical fitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bodily conditioning |
| Synonyms: | aerobic fitness, agility, anaerobic fitness, cardiovascular fitness, condition, coordination, endurance, fitness, flexibility, physical conditioning, shape, strength |
| Main Entry: | nimbleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grace |
| Synonyms: | agility, dexterity, gracefulness, skill, vivacity |
| Main Entry: | promptness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparedness |
| Synonyms: | agility, preparation, punctuality, quickness, readiness, speed, swiftness |
| Main Entry: | quickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swiftness |
| Synonyms: | agility, celerity, fleetness, haste, speed |
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