Fleet

/fliːt/

Synonyms for "fleet" (242 found)

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Closest matches (49)

age groupagile alert amuse animated argosy armadaball the jackband barrel battalion beguile bevy body boom bottomsbowl alongbreakneck breezebreeze along

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brief brigade brisk brush bullet bunch cabal cast clip cliquecoast guardcohort cometary company complement contingent convoy corps coterie covey crew crowdcut along

Noun(5 words)

airliners armada armadas briskcar pool

Verb(1 words)

blow over

Strong matches (72)

dally dashing deft detachment detail disappear divisiondouble quickdouble-quick eagle-winged escadrille evanesce evaporate expeditious express faction fade fast featly flashing

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flickering flit flock flotilla flyfly lowflying foot fritter galloping ganggo fastgo up in smokegraceful group grouping groupmenthair triggerhair-trigger hasty headlong highball hurriedness hustling idle in-group ingroup junta lightlight footedlight of heellight-footed line livelymake goodmake knotsmarine meltmelt like snowmerchant fleetmerchant marinemerchant navymercurial

Verb(5 words)

dart evanesce fade flit flutter

Noun(4 words)

elapse flitting flotilla hasten

Related words (121)

meteoric mobmosquito fleetmovementnaval construction battalionnaval forcesnaval militianaval reservenavy neat-fingered neat-handed nimblenimble footednimble-footed nip nitout groupout-group outfitoutstrip the wind

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pack party passpass awaypeartpeer grouppelt phalanx platoon posse posthaste potterpour it onprecipitate prompt quickquick as lightningquick as thoughtrapid reckless regiment rip rnroyal navyrunning rush sail salon scoot scorch scour seabee seabees set shipping ships shortshort and sweetshort-term short-termed sink sizzle skim skin snappy spanking speed speedy spirited sprightly spry squad squadron squander stable stormstorm alongstring sudden sure-footed sweep swifttask forcetask grouptatter team teartear alongthunder alongtonnage tribe troop troupeunited states navyusn vanish vivacious wastewhaling fleetwhirl whish whisk whiz wile wing winged zing zip zoom

Noun(8 words)

motor poolpass quick rapid speed speedy squadron swift

Adjective(2 words)

nippiest swift

Verb(2 words)

passpass off

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6 relation types

More general

20 entries

accumulation aggregation assemblage collection disappeargo awayhurrymilitary unitmovenaval forcepass speedsteamship companysteamship lineswiftness

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More specific

13 entries

armadabattleship fleetbriskness celeritydelivery fleetflotilla moments racing rapidness secondsservice fleetspeedingtaxi fleet

Collocations

15 entries

battle fleetcommercial fleetdelivery fleetfishing fleetfleet deploymentfleet managementfleet operationsfleet performancefleet responsefleet sizefleet speedfleet strengthfleet-wide coordinationnaval fleetvehicle fleet

Inflections

5 entries

fleeted fleeter fleetest fleeting fleets

Derivations

4 entries

fleeter fleetest fleetly fleetness

similar

1 entries

fast

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Our combined fleet broke through the enemy's defense zone.

Source: tatoeba (29161)

It's apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, light of body and fleet of foot.

Source: tatoeba (402421)

The Japanese fishing fleet catches more than 1000 whales per year on the pretext of scientific research.

Source: tatoeba (454705)

A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.

Source: tatoeba (536616)

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