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speediness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hurriedness, hurry, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, speed, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
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| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed in carrying out action |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, haste, hurry, hustle, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rustle, speediness, swiftness |
| Antonyms: | retention, slowing |
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed in action, motion |
| Synonyms: | bustle, celerity, commotion, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, flurry, haste, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitation, promptitude, push, quickness, rush, rustle, scurry, speediness, swiftness, urgency |
| Antonyms: | delay, procrastination, rest, slowness, stall, wait |
| Main Entry: | rapidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quickness |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, alacrity, bat, briskness, celerity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, gait, haste, hurry, pace, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, rapidness, rush, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity |
| Antonyms: | languidity, slowness |
| Main Entry: | swiftness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acceleration |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, celerity, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, velocity |
| Main Entry: | expeditiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quickness |
| Synonyms: | briskness, celerity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, haste, hastiness, hustle, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness |
| Main Entry: | fleetness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, hustle, hustling, nimbleness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rush, speed, speediness, swiftness |
| Main Entry: | rapidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | haste |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, briskness, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, flurry, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurly-burly, hurriedness, hurry, hustle, hustling, impatience, impetuosity, incautiousness, nimbleness, pace, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, press, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, speed, speediness, swiftness, urgency, velocity |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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boisterous, booming, breathless, brusque, cursory, festinate, feverish, furious, fussy, hard, headlong, hot, impelled, impelling, impetuous, impulsive, in a hurry, in all haste, in haste, in hot haste, partito in quarta, precipitate, precipitous, preproperous, pressed for time, pushing, rudderish, saccadic, scrambling, spoffish, umbeer, urgent
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