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speed
noun as in rate of motion, often a high rate
Strong matches
activity, alacrity, breeze, briskness, celerity, clip, dispatch, eagerness, expedition, fleetness, gait, haste, headway, hurry, hustle, legerity, lick, liveliness, precipitancy, precipitation, promptitude, promptness, rapidity, rapidness, readiness, rush, rustle, snap, steam, swiftness, urgency
Example Sentences
Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.
He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.
One report has the AirAsia Airbus flying at a speed very close to what would trigger a low speed stall.
Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.
Really, he had made astonishing speed for one who had tunnelled his way underp.
A long stretch of smooth ice followed, over which he glided with ever-increasing speed.
Never again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.
In fact, his appearance was so formidable that Davy did not pause for a second look, but started off at the top of his speed.
And the girl, scarce believing her good fortune, departed with a speed that bordered on the ludicrous.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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