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like a flash

ADVERB
fast
Synonyms
STRONGEST
quick quickly rapidly soon swift swiftly
WEAK
apace chop-chop expeditiously flat-out fleetly full tilt hastily hurriedly in a flash in haste in nothing flat in short order like a shot like greased lightning like wildfire posthaste presto promptly pronto
Antonyms
STRONGEST
slowly
WEAK
slow
ADVERB
quickly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
expeditiously hastily hurriedly immediately instantaneously instantly promptly rapidly speedily swiftly
STRONG
apace chop-chop quick
WEAK
briskly flat-out fleetly full tilt in a flash in haste in nothing flat in short order lickety-split like a bat out of hell like a shot pronto swift
Antonyms
STRONGEST
eventually later slowly

Example Sentences

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That gave Vincent 18 points in what seemed like a flash in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

“And it can’t be a one and done. It can’t be just like a flash in the pan. Seattle deserves it. And I’d love to see them do it.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

“Derrick White, like a flash of lightning, just came out of nowhere and saved the day, man,” Boston’s Jaylen Brown said.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2023

“It’s like a flash of lightning in that so many elements come together in this tragedy of Emmett Till that it speaks to the time — whenever that time is.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

Reflecting back the sun deep in the darkness like a flash of knives in a cave.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy