Technological innovation brought about the rapid progress of the information industry.
Source: tatoeba (20053)
Rapid
//ˈɹæpɪd//
Synonyms for "rapid" (100 found)
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Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
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1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
125 translations across 55 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- vinnig adj (Very swift or quick)
- stroomversnelling noun (section of river)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- θοός adj (Very swift or quick)
- ταχύς adj (Very swift or quick)
Arabic
2 entries- سريع adj (Very swift or quick)
- سَرِيع adj (Very swift or quick)
Bashkir
2 entries- тиҙ adj (Very swift or quick)
- шәп adj (Very swift or quick)
Belarusian
2 entries- ско́ры adj (Very swift or quick)
- ху́ткі adj (Very swift or quick)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бърз adj (Very swift or quick)
- бързей noun (section of river)
Catalan
2 entries- ràpid adj (Very swift or quick)
- ràpid noun (section of river)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 快 adj (Very swift or quick)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 快 adj (Very swift or quick)
- 快速 adj (Very swift or quick)
- 急湍 adj (Very swift or quick)
- 急速 adj (Very swift or quick)
Czech
2 entries- rychlý adj (Very swift or quick)
- peřej noun (section of river)
Dutch
3 entries- snel adj (Very swift or quick)
- snelle adj (Very swift or quick)
- stroomversnelling noun (section of river)
Esperanto
2 entries- rapide adj (Very swift or quick)
- katarakto noun (section of river)
Finnish
3 entries- nopea adj (Very swift or quick)
- ripeä adj (Very swift or quick)
- koski noun (section of river)
French
2 entries- rapide adj (Very swift or quick)
- rapides noun (section of river)
Galician
2 entries- rápido adj (Very swift or quick)
- doiras noun (section of river)
German
2 entries- schnell adj (Very swift or quick)
- Stromschnelle noun (section of river)
Greek
3 entries- γοργός adj (Very swift or quick)
- γρήγορος adj (Very swift or quick)
- ταχύς adj (Very swift or quick)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyors adj (Very swift or quick)
- sebes adj (Very swift or quick)
- zuhatag noun (section of river)
- zúgó noun (section of river)
Icelandic
2 entries- fljótur adj (Very swift or quick)
- flúðir noun (section of river)
Indonesian
2 entries- jeram noun (section of river)
- riam noun (section of river)
Ingrian
1 entries- poroga noun (section of river)
Irish
1 entries- fánsruth noun (section of river)
Italian
4 entries- deciso adj (Very swift or quick)
- rapido adj (Very swift or quick)
- cataratta noun (section of river)
- rapida noun (section of river)
Japanese
4 entries- 急な adj (Very swift or quick)
- 迅速な adj (Very swift or quick)
- 速い adj (Very swift or quick)
- 急流 noun (section of river)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- кось noun (section of river)
Korean
2 entries- 빠르다 adj (Very swift or quick)
- 여울 noun (section of river)
Latin
3 entries- incitus adj (Very swift or quick)
- rapidus adj (Very swift or quick)
- velox adj (Very swift or quick)
Latvian
4 entries- ašs adj (Very swift or quick)
- knašs adj (Very swift or quick)
- straujš adj (Very swift or quick)
- ātrs adj (Very swift or quick)
Macedonian
2 entries- брз adj (Very swift or quick)
- брзак noun (section of river)
Malay
3 entries- deras adj (Very swift or quick)
- ligas adj (Very swift or quick)
- jeram noun (section of river)
Māori
3 entries- kōrio noun (section of river)
- taiheke noun (section of river)
- tanguru noun (section of river)
Norwegian
2 entries- hurtig adj (Very swift or quick)
- rask adj (Very swift or quick)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- stryk noun (section of river)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- stryk noun (section of river)
Persian
1 entries- تنداب noun (section of river)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- flinkj adj (Very swift or quick)
- schwind adj (Very swift or quick)
Polish
4 entries- szybki adj (Very swift or quick)
- bystrze noun (section of river)
- bystrzyca noun (section of river)
- bystrzyna noun (section of river)
Portuguese
2 entries- rápido adj (Very swift or quick)
- corredeira noun (section of river)
Romanian
2 entries- rapid adj (Very swift or quick)
- repede adj (Very swift or quick)
Russian
4 entries- бы́стрый adj (Very swift or quick)
- ско́рый adj (Very swift or quick)
- поро́г noun (section of river)
- стремни́на noun (section of river)
Sanskrit
2 entries- आशु adj (Very swift or quick)
- रघु adj (Very swift or quick)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- grad adj (Very swift or quick)
Slovak
1 entries- rýchly adj (Very swift or quick)
Slovene
1 entries- híter adj (Very swift or quick)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ылтам adj (Very swift or quick)
Spanish
4 entries- raudo adj (Very swift or quick)
- rápido adj (Very swift or quick)
- rabión noun (section of river)
- rápido noun (section of river)
Swedish
3 entries- hastig adj (Very swift or quick)
- snabb adj (Very swift or quick)
- fors noun (section of river)
Tagalog
1 entries- lagaslasan noun (section of river)
Thai
1 entries- แก่ง noun (section of river)
Tongan
1 entries- vave adj (Very swift or quick)
Udmurt
1 entries- уть noun (section of river)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ско́рий adj (Very swift or quick)
- хутки́й adj (Very swift or quick)
- швидки́й adj (Very swift or quick)
- пороги noun (section of river)
Urdu
1 entries- سریع adj (Very swift or quick)
Volapük
1 entries- vifik adj (Very swift or quick)
Welsh
2 entries- geirw noun (section of river)
- rhaeadr noun (section of river)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Business recovery, which looks to be just around the corner, will be rapid and strong.
Source: tatoeba (20833)
There was a rapid decline in stock prices.
Source: tatoeba (21215)
Can we check the rapid spread of the 'flu?
Source: tatoeba (22634)
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