Quick

//kwɪk//

Synonyms for "quick" (450 found)

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Strong matches (135)

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expeditious expeditiously expert explosive exposed nerve express facile fain fancy favorable favorably disposed favorably inclined festinate feverish fiery flashing flat-out fleet flickering formable forward full of life furious galloping game gifted good goodish graceful hair trigger hair-trigger hand over fist hand over hand handy hastily hasty headlong heart heart of hearts hell bent hell for leather hell-bent hell-bent for election hep hot hot-tempered hotheaded hurried hustling immediate impatient impetuous impressionable impromptu impulsive in double time in double-quick time in high in high gear in seven-league boots in the flesh in the mind in the mood inclined ingenious inmost heart inmost soul inner man inner nature inside inspirited instant instantaneous instinct with life instructable irascible irritable johnny on the spot keen keen-witted knowing last minute last-minute let's go lickety split lickety-cut lickety-split light footed light of heel light-footed live lively living long lived long-lived

Adjective(15 words)

droll ephemeral expecting extant fast fleeting flowing fluent fluminous gravid hotheaded intelligent keen knocked up live

Adjective(3 words)

fast flying immediate

Noun(2 words)

fast bowler living

Related words (225)

magisterial malleable masterful masterly mercurial meteoric minded mobile moldable motivated nailbed neat nerve center nerve ending nerve-shattering nifty nimble footed nimble witted nimble-footed nimble-witted

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no dumbbell no mean not born yesterday on the on the alert on the ball on the double on the job on the spot overhasty panting passing passionate penetrating peppery perceptive perfunctory perspicacious petulant pith plastic pliable pliant politic post posthaste precipitant precipitate precipitous precocious predisposed professional proficient prompt promptly prone punctual qui vive quick as lightning quick as thought quick witted quick-tempered quick-thinking quick-witted quite some rapidly raring to rash raw raw nerve ready ready and willing receptive reckless resourceful responsive ripe for instruction root rough running schoolable scintillating secret heart sharp sharp-witted shocking short short and sweet short-tempered short-term short-termed shrewd skillful slap-bang slapdash sleepless slick smart snap snappily snappy soft spot some soon sore point sore spot soul spanking speedily spirit spirited spry spunky startling statesmanlike steel-trap straightaway stylish sudden summary superficial surprising susceptible swift swiftly tactful talented teachable tenacious of life tender spot testy the compleat the complete the quick thirsty for knowledge timely touchy tractable trainable trippingly true being true inwardness unanticipated unblinking under forced draft unexpected unforeseen unhesitating unlooked for unlooked-for unnodding unpredicted unsleeping unwinking urgent very much alive viable vigorous virtuoso vital vital principle vitals vivacious vivid vivified volcanic wakeful watchful well done well-disposed well-done well-inclined whip and spur wide awake wide-awake willed willing willinghearted winged wise with all haste with giant strides with rapid strides with speed workmanlike zealous zestful zoetic

Adjective(27 words)

momentary preg preggers pregnant quick on the uptake quickwitted rapid rattish ready running sharp as a tack short-lived short-tempered skilled snippish snippy speedy streaming swift tongue-in-cheek

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transitory vital whimsical wick with child witty zippy

Noun(1 words)

nailbed

Adjective(7 words)

nimble prompt ready speedy spry straightaway warm

Adverb(2 words)

promptly quickly

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

2 entries

area region

Antonyms

1 entries

slow

Synonyms

7 entries

fast flying nimble quickly rapid speedy straightaway

derived

108 entries

Tennessee quick step a quick drop and a sudden stop bisquick cut to the quick double-quick get-rich-quick in quick sticks in quick succession kill-me-quick kiss-me-quick lightning-quick make quick work of olive quick decline syndrome overquick quick access recorder quick and dirty

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distinct from

1 entries

slow

has context

2 entries

cricket mining

is a

2 entries

area company

part of

1 entries

fingernail

related to

51 entries

adjective adverb amalgamate barren cut to quick dead deeply fast fast bowler feeling finger flesh gild hedge level living

Showing 16 of 51 words.

similar

7 entries

active excitable fast hurried intelligent

Translations

343 translations across 73 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

gjall adj (lively, witty)
gjallë adj (alive)
ngare (gheg) adj (occurring in a short time)
ngjarë adj (occurring in a short time)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

θοός adj (moving with speed)
ταχύς adj (moving with speed)

Arabic

4 entries

جَارٍ adj (pregnant)
حَيٌّ adj (alive)
سريع adj (moving with speed)
سَرِيع adj (moving with speed)

Armenian

1 entries

արագ adj (moving with speed)

Assamese

1 entries

খৰ adj (moving with speed)

Bashkir

2 entries

тиҙ adj (moving with speed)
шәп adj (moving with speed)

Belarusian

2 entries

бы́стры adj (moving with speed)
ху́ткі adj (moving with speed)

Bengali

1 entries

শীঘ্র adj (moving with speed)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бърз adj (moving with speed)
бърз adj (occurring in a short time)
находчив adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
съобразителен adj (lively, witty)

Burmese

1 entries

မြန် adj (moving with speed)

Catalan

2 entries

corrents adv (with speed)
carn viva noun (sensitive flesh)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

گورج adj (moving with speed)

Chagatai

3 entries

ایلدام adj (moving with speed)
توزکان adj (moving with speed)
تیز adj (moving with speed)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

快 adj (moving with speed)
快手 adj (moving with speed)
快脆 adj (occurring in a short time)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

快 adj (moving with speed)
迅速 adj (moving with speed)

Czech

1 entries

rychlý adj (moving with speed)

Danish

4 entries

frisk og rask adj (alive)
gravid adj (pregnant)
hurtig adj (moving with speed)
kvik adj (moving with speed)

Dutch

4 entries

haastig adj (occurring in a short time)
kwiek adj (lively, witty)
rap adj (moving with speed)
rap adj (occurring in a short time)

Esperanto

1 entries

rapida adj (moving with speed)

Estonian

1 entries

nobe adj (moving with speed)

Finnish

4 entries

elävä adj (alive)
herkästi syttyvä adj (burning, fiery)
joutuisa adj (moving with speed)
juokseva adj (flowing)

French

3 entries

animé adj (alive)
rapide adj (moving with speed)
vivant adj (alive)

Galician

4 entries

andarengo adj (moving with speed)
andarengo adj (lively, witty)
andarengo adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
lampeiro adj (moving with speed)

Georgian

4 entries

ალღოიანი adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
მარდი adj (moving with speed)
მიხვედრილი adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
მკვირცხლი adj (moving with speed)

German

4 entries

geschwind adj (moving with speed)
quicklebendig adj (alive)
rasch adj (moving with speed)
scharfsinnig adj (lively, witty)

Greek

1 entries

γρήγορος adj (moving with speed)

Hebrew

2 entries

זריז adj (moving with speed)
מהיר adj (moving with speed)

Hindi

1 entries

शीघ्र adj (moving with speed)

Hungarian

4 entries

eleven adj (alive)
eszes adj (lively, witty)
friss adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
gyors adj (moving with speed)

Icelandic

2 entries

fljótur adj (moving with speed)
kvikur adj (moving with speed)

Ingrian

4 entries

huima adj (moving with speed)
huimakas adj (moving with speed)
kiire adj (moving with speed)
selvä adj (moving with speed)

Interlingua

2 entries

rapide adj (moving with speed)
rapide adj (occurring in a short time)

Irish

4 entries

luath adj (moving with speed)
mear adj (moving with speed)
mear adj (lively, witty)
pras adj (occurring in a short time)

Italian

4 entries

agile adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
lesto adj (lively, witty)
rapido adj (moving with speed)
svelto adj (moving with speed)

Japanese

3 entries

早い adj (occurring in a short time)
速い adj (moving with speed)
速い adj (occurring in a short time)

Javanese

1 entries

gelis adj (moving with speed)

Khmer

2 entries

ឆាប់ adj (moving with speed)
លឿន adj (moving with speed)

Korean

4 entries

빠르다 adj (moving with speed)
빠르다 adj (occurring in a short time)
빠르다 adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
빠른 adj (moving with speed)

Lao

2 entries

ປຽວ adj (moving with speed)
ໄວ adj (moving with speed)

Latgalian

3 entries

dreiži adj (moving with speed)
kruši adj (moving with speed)
mudri adj (moving with speed)

Latin

3 entries

celer adj (moving with speed)
properus adj (moving with speed)
rapidus adj (moving with speed)

Latvian

4 entries

ašs adj (moving with speed)
knašs adj (moving with speed)
nasks adj (moving with speed)
straujš adj (moving with speed)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

séier adj (moving with speed)

Macedonian

4 entries

би́стар adj (lively, witty)
би́стар adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
брз adj (moving with speed)
брз adj (occurring in a short time)

Māori

4 entries

horo adj (moving with speed)
kama adj (moving with speed)
kerakera adj (moving with speed)
korakora adj (moving with speed)

Norwegian

4 entries

frisk og rask adj (alive)
kvikk adj (moving with speed)
kvikk adj (occurring in a short time)
kvikk adj (lively, witty)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

kvik noun (sensitive flesh)

Persian

2 entries

فرز adj (moving with speed)
چابک adj (moving with speed)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

flinkj adj (moving with speed)
flott (nds) adj (moving with speed)
schwind adj (moving with speed)

Polabian

1 entries

astĕ adj (moving with speed)

Polish

4 entries

bystry adj (moving with speed)
błyskawiczny adj (moving with speed)
chyży adj (moving with speed)
prędki adj (moving with speed)

Portuguese

4 entries

célere adj (moving with speed)
ligeiro adj (moving with speed)
ligeiro adj (occurring in a short time)
ligeiro adj (lively, witty)

Romanian

4 entries

ager adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
aprig adj (pregnant)
energic adj (alive)
iute adj (moving with speed)

Russian

4 entries

бы́стрый adj (moving with speed)
вспы́льчивый adj (easily aroused to anger)
доходчивый adj (mentally agile, perceptive)
живо́й adj (alive)

Sanskrit

4 entries

आशु adj (moving with speed)
ऋज्र adj (moving with speed)
रघु adj (moving with speed)
शीघ्र adj (moving with speed)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

grad adj (moving with speed)
grad adj (occurring in a short time)
grad adj (lively, witty)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

brz adj (moving with speed)
брз adj (moving with speed)

Slovak

1 entries

rýchly adj (moving with speed)

Slovene

1 entries

hiter adj (moving with speed)

Southern Altai

2 entries

ылтам adj (moving with speed)
ылтам adv (with speed)

Spanish

4 entries

célere adj (moving with speed)
célere adj (occurring in a short time)
rápido adj (moving with speed)
rápido adj (occurring in a short time)

Swedish

4 entries

hastig adj (occurring in a short time)
ilsk adj (easily aroused to anger)
ilsken adj (easily aroused to anger)
kvick adj (moving with speed)

Thai

2 entries

เร็ว adj (moving with speed)
ไว adj (moving with speed)

Turkish

4 entries

hızlı adj (moving with speed)
çabuk adj (moving with speed)
hadi adv (with speed)
hızlıca adv (with speed)

Tuvan

1 entries

дүрген adj (moving with speed)

Ukrainian

4 entries

би́стрий adj (moving with speed)
прудки́й adj (moving with speed)
ско́рий adj (occurring in a short time)
хутки́й adj (moving with speed)

Urdu

4 entries

تند adj (moving with speed)
تیز adj (moving with speed)
جلد adj (moving with speed)
سریع adj (moving with speed)

Uyghur

3 entries

ئىلدام adj (moving with speed)
ئۇچقۇر adj (moving with speed)
تېز adj (moving with speed)

Uzbek

1 entries

tez adj (moving with speed)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nhanh adj (moving with speed)

Walloon

4 entries

abeye adj (moving with speed)
abeye adj (occurring in a short time)
adjete adj (moving with speed)
fel adj (moving with speed)

Welsh

2 entries

cyflym adj (moving with speed)
byw noun (sensitive flesh)

Yiddish

3 entries

גיך adj (moving with speed)
פֿלינק adj (moving with speed)
שנעל adj (moving with speed)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Be quick, or you will miss the train.

Source: tatoeba (19690)

There's enough time for a quick snack.

Source: tatoeba (19708)

Let's catch a quick bite.

Source: tatoeba (19723)

Let's get something quick to drink.

Source: tatoeba (19724)

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Quick

Synonyms for "quick" (450 found)

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Related words (225)

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Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chagatai

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ingrian

Interlingua

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Khmer

Korean

Lao

Latgalian

Latin

Latvian

Luxembourgish

Macedonian

Māori

Norwegian

Norwegian Bokmål

Persian

Plautdietsch

Polabian

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Sanskrit

Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian

Slovak

Slovene

Southern Altai

Spanish

Swedish

Thai