Popular Searches
Nearby Words
like mad
| Main Entry: |
desperately
|
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | severely |
| Synonyms: | badly, carelessly, dangerously, dramatically, fiercely, gravely, greatly, harmfully, hysterically, like crazy, like mad, perilously, seriously |
| Antonyms: | calmly, easily, trivially |
| Main Entry: | madly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wildly, fiercely |
| Synonyms: | absurdly, crazily, deliriously, dementedly, desperately, devotedly, distractedly, energetically, exceedingly, excessively, excitedly, extremely, foolishly, frantically, frenziedly, furiously, hard, hastily, hurriedly, hysterically, insanely, intensely, irrationally, like mad, ludicrously, nonsensically, passionately, psychotically, quickly, rabidly, rapidly, rashly, recklessly, senselessly, something fierce, speedily, stormily, to distraction, tumultously/tumultuously, turbulently, unreasonably, violently |
| Antonyms: | calmly, normally |
| Main Entry: | swift |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very fast |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, alacritous, barrelling, breakneck, cracking, double-quick, expeditious, express, fleet, fleet-footed, flying, hasty, headlong, hurried, in nothing flat, like crazy, like mad, nimble, on the double, precipitate, prompt, pronto, quick, rapid, ready, screaming, shaking a leg, short, short-lived, snappy, spanking, speedball, speedy, sudden, supersonic, unexpected, winged |
| Antonyms: | delayed, slow, sluggish |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
