Definitions

double-quick

[duhb-uhl-kwik, duhb-uhl-kwik] / ˈdʌb əlˈkwɪk, ˈdʌb əlˌkwɪk /

ADJECTIVE

swift

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrupt expeditious hasty nimble quick rapid speedy sudden unexpected

STRONG

cracking express fleet flying precipitate prompt ready screaming short spanking

WEAK

alacritous barrelling breakneck fleet-footed headlong hurried in nothing flat like crazy like mad on the double pronto shaking a leg short-lived snappy speedball supersonic winged

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delayed expected lazy leisurely slow

WEAK

sluggish

ADVERB

hastily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

carelessly hurriedly nimbly prematurely promptly quickly speedily suddenly swiftly

WEAK

agilely apace expeditiously fast flat-out heedlessly impetuously impulsively lickety-split on spur of the moment posthaste precipitately rapidly rashly recklessly straightaway subito thoughtlessly too quickly unpremeditatedly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

slowly

WEAK

delayed

ADVERB

posthaste

Synonyms

WEAK

at once breakneck directly expeditious flat-out fleet fleetly full tilt hastily hasty headlong lickety-split pell-mell promptly pronto quick quickly rapid rapidly speedily speedy straightaway swift swiftly

ADVERB

swiftly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expeditiously hastily promptly quickly rapidly speedily

STRONG

fleetly

WEAK

apace flat-out full tilt hotfoot hurriedly posthaste quick swift without warning

Antonyms

STRONGEST

slowly

WEAK

sluggishly

ADVERB

swiftly/swift

Synonyms

WEAK

apace expeditiously flat-out fleetly full tilt hastily hurriedly in no time posthaste promptly quick quickly rapidly speedily without losing time without warning

Antonyms

WEAK

slowly sluggishly

NOUN

double time

Synonyms

WEAK

double march forced march haste slow jog

Example Sentences

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The education and health ministers instructed their departments to search out a solution double quick in the face of mounting anger from frustrated families.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

England nick the lineout and get it out to Joseph, who is over halfway in double quick time.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2015

Honestly you can't love the game as much as I do if you want it done and dusted in double quick time.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2015

As Bacon's followers debouched, they visibly accelerated their pace to double quick time, and the two bodies came together with a shock like the explosion of a magazine.

From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)

double-quick

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