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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | zeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, ardor, bustle, determination, devotion, diligence, dispatch, drive, eagerness, earnestness, enterprise, fanaticism, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, hustle, inclination, initiative, intensity, intentness, keenness, mania, passion, perseverance, push, readiness, sincerity, spirit, stick-to-itiveness, urgency, vehemence, verve, warmth, what-it-takes, yen, zest |
| Notes: | zeal pertains to a keen interest while zest is keen enjoyment or added interest |
| Antonyms: | apathy, indifference, lethargy |
| Main Entry: | willingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, compliance, consent, disposition, eagerness, readiness, zeal |
| Antonyms: | reluctance, unwillingness |
| Main Entry: | swiftness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acceleration |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, celerity, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, velocity |
| Main Entry: | quickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed |
| Synonyms: | acumen, agility, alacrity, briskness, celerity, dexterity, dispatch, expedition, facility, fleetness, haste, pace, rapidity, velocity |
| Antonyms: | slowness |
| Main Entry: | willingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | readiness |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, compliance, consent, eagerness, enthusiasm, zeal |
| Antonyms: | aversion |
| Main Entry: | liveliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit |
| Synonyms: | activity, alacrity, animation, brio, briskness, effervescence, esprit, lilt, pep, sparkle, sprightliness, tittup, vim, vivacity |
| Antonyms: | dispiritedness |
| Main Entry: | hastiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hurriedness, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace |
| Main Entry: | hurriedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace |
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