Rapid fire

Synonyms for "rapid fire" (51 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(8 words)
automaticbarrageburst fireburst-capableemit rapidlyfastfast interrogationfast-paced questioning

Strong matches (15)

Noun(6 words)
fire questionsfire rapidlyfusilladegenerate in burstshigh-outputhigh-rate

Related words (25)

Noun(11 words)
pepper with questionsquickquick questioningquick-fire questioningrapidrapid questioningrapid-fire questioningsalvospeedystorm of questionsvolley

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries
descriptive adjectivedevice characteristicdischargegunfireidiomatic expressionlinguistic usageoperational descriptorproduce actionquestioning actionsequenceshooting actionspeed descriptor

More specific

18 entries
automatic firebarrageburst fireburst-fire modefusilladerapid-fire alertsrapid-fire debriefrapid-fire eventsrapid-fire interviewrapid-fire promptrapid-fire questionsrapid-fire quizrapid-fire repliesrapid-fire roundrapid-fire sequencerapid-fire session

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

13 entries
rapid fire burstrapid fire raterapid fire sequencerapid-fire debaterapid-fire exchangerapid-fire moderapid-fire questionsrapid-fire responserapid-fire responsesrapid-fire roundrapid-fire sequencerapid-fire techniquerapid-fired shots

Inflections

6 entries
more rapid-firemost rapid-firerapid firesrapid-firedrapid-firesrapid-firing

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The attorney peppered him with rapid fire questions, barely giving him time to reply.

Source: wiktionary

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