Speed

//spiːd//

Synonyms for "speed" (311 found)

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Closest matches (63)

Strong matches (93)

Related words (155)

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4 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

Related terms

30 entries

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capable of

1 entries

derived

123 entries

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has context

5 entries

has prerequisite

1 entries

has property

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is a

9 entries

manner of

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Translations

266 translations across 93 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • shpejtësi noun (rapidity)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጥድፈት noun (rapidity)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • τάχος noun (rapidity)
  • ταχυτής noun (rapidity)

Arabic

2 entries
  • سُرْعَة noun (rapidity)
  • سُرْعَة noun (rate of motion)

Aragonese

2 entries
  • rapideza noun (rapidity)
  • velocidat noun (rapidity)

Armenian

2 entries
  • արագություն noun (rapidity)
  • արագություն noun (rate of motion)

Asturian

2 entries
  • rapidez noun (rapidity)
  • velocidá noun (rapidity)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • sürət noun (rapidity)

Bangi

1 entries
  • lobangu noun (rapidity)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • тиҙлек noun (rapidity)

Basque

2 entries
  • abaila noun (rapidity)
  • abiadura noun (rate of motion)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ско́расць noun (rapidity)
  • ско́расць noun (rate of motion)
  • ско́расьць noun (rapidity)
  • ско́расьць noun (rate of motion)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গতি noun (rapidity)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бързина́ noun (rapidity)
  • ско́рост noun (rate of motion)
  • движа се бързо verb (to go fast)
  • превишавам скоростта verb (to exceed speed limit)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အရှိန် noun (rapidity)

Catalan

2 entries
  • rapidesa noun (rapidity)
  • velocitat noun (rapidity)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 速度 noun (rapidity)
  • 速率 noun (rate of motion)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 速度 noun (rapidity)
  • 速率 noun (rate of motion)

Czech

2 entries
  • rychlost noun (rapidity)
  • rychlost noun (rate of motion)

Danish

4 entries
  • fart noun (rate of motion)
  • hastighed noun (rapidity)
  • hastighed noun (rate of motion)
  • hurtighed noun (rapidity)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gezwindheid noun (rate of motion)
  • snelheid noun (rapidity)
  • snelheid noun (rate of motion)
  • speed noun (slang: amphetamine)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • rapideco noun (rapidity)
  • rapideco noun (rate of motion)
  • rapido noun (rate of motion)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kiirus noun (rapidity)
  • kiirus noun (rate of motion)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • velociá noun (rapidity)

Finnish

4 entries
  • haipakka noun (rapidity)
  • nopeus noun (rapidity)
  • piri noun (slang: amphetamine)
  • spiidi noun (slang: amphetamine)

French

4 entries
  • rapidité noun (rapidity)
  • speed noun (slang: amphetamine)
  • vitesse noun (rapidity)
  • vitesse noun (rate of motion)

Galician

2 entries
  • rapidez noun (rapidity)
  • velocidade noun (rapidity)

Georgian

4 entries
  • სისწრაფე noun (rapidity)
  • სისწრაფე noun (rate of motion)
  • სიჩქარე noun (rapidity)
  • სიჩქარე noun (rate of motion)

German

4 entries
  • Amphe noun (slang: amphetamine)
  • Filmempfindlichkeit noun (photographic sensitivity to light)
  • Geschwindigkeit noun (rapidity)
  • Geschwindigkeit noun (rate of motion)

Greek

2 entries
  • ταχύτητα noun (rapidity)
  • ταχύτητα noun (rate of motion)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • vitès noun (rapidity)
  • vitès noun (rate of motion)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מְהִירוּת noun (rapidity)
  • מְהִירוּת noun (rate of motion)

Hindi

4 entries
  • गति noun (rapidity)
  • गति noun (rate of motion)
  • रफ़्तार noun (rapidity)
  • गतिमान verb (to go fast)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • expozíciós idő noun (exposure time — see also shutter speed)
  • fényérzékenység noun (photographic sensitivity to light)
  • gyorsaság noun (rapidity)
  • megvilágítási idő noun (exposure time — see also shutter speed)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • fart noun (rate of motion)
  • ferð noun (rate of motion)
  • hraði noun (rapidity)
  • spítt noun (slang: amphetamine)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kelajuan noun (rapidity)
  • kelajuan noun (rate of motion)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • vauhti noun (rapidity)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • سُرْعَت noun (rapidity)
  • سُرْعَت noun (rate of motion)

Irish

1 entries
  • luas noun (rapidity)

Italian

4 entries
  • celerità noun (rapidity)
  • celerità noun (rate of motion)
  • velocità noun (rapidity)
  • velocità noun (rate of motion)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 速さ noun (rapidity)
  • 速さ noun (rate of motion)
  • 速力 noun (rate of motion)
  • 速度 noun (rapidity)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жылдамдық noun (rapidity)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ល្បឿន noun (rapidity)

Korean

4 entries
  • 빠르기 noun (rate of motion)
  • 속도 noun (rapidity)
  • 속도 noun (rate of motion)
  • 속력 noun (rate of motion)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ылдамдык noun (rapidity)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄວາມໄວ noun (rapidity)

Latin

2 entries
  • celeritās noun (rapidity)
  • celeritās noun (rate of motion)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ātrums noun (rapidity)

Lingala

1 entries
  • mbangu noun (rapidity)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • greitis noun (rapidity)
  • greitis verb (to go fast)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • брзина noun (rapidity)
  • брзина noun (rate of motion)
  • спид noun (slang: amphetamine)

Malay

1 entries
  • kelajuan noun (rapidity)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • വേഗം noun (rapidity)
  • വേഗത noun (rapidity)
  • വേഗത noun (rate of motion)

Marathi

3 entries
  • गती noun (rapidity)
  • गती noun (rate of motion)
  • वेग noun (rapidity)

Middle English

2 entries
  • sped noun (rapidity)
  • sped noun (rate of motion)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хурд noun (rapidity)

Nepali

1 entries
  • गति noun (rapidity)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • lez noun (rate of motion)
  • tews noun (rapidity)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • hastighet noun (photographic sensitivity to light)
  • flå verb (to exceed speed limit)
  • kjøre over fartsgrensen verb (to exceed speed limit)
  • råkjøre verb (to go fast)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • fart noun (rapidity)
  • fart noun (rate of motion)
  • hastighet noun (rapidity)
  • hastighet noun (rate of motion)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • hastigheit noun (rapidity)
  • hastigheit noun (rate of motion)

Old English

2 entries
  • hrædnes noun (rapidity)
  • hrædnes noun (rate of motion)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • حز noun (rapidity)
  • سرعت noun (rapidity)

Pashto

1 entries
  • سرعت noun (rapidity)

Persian

2 entries
  • زودی noun (rapidity)
  • پوییدن verb (to go fast)

Plautdietsch

3 entries
  • Schwindichkjeit noun (rapidity)
  • Spied noun (rapidity)
  • Spied noun (rate of motion)

Polish

4 entries
  • prędkość noun (rate of motion)
  • spid noun (slang: amphetamine)
  • szybkość noun (rapidity)
  • szybkość noun (rate of motion)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • meta noun (slang: amphetamine)
  • rapidez noun (rapidity)
  • velocidade noun (rapidity)
  • velocidade noun (rate of motion)

Romanian

4 entries
  • fotosensibilitate noun (photographic sensitivity to light)
  • iuțeală noun (rapidity)
  • rapiditate noun (rapidity)
  • viteză noun (rapidity)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́держка noun (exposure time — see also shutter speed)
  • относи́тельное отве́рстие noun (focal ratio)
  • светочувстви́тельность noun (photographic sensitivity to light)
  • ско́рость noun (rapidity)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • जव noun (rapidity)
  • जुवस् noun (rapidity)
  • पापतीति verb (to go fast)
  • रंहति verb (to go fast)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cabhag noun (rapidity)
  • deann noun (rapidity)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • brzìna noun (rapidity)
  • brzìna noun (rate of motion)
  • брзѝна noun (rapidity)
  • брзѝна noun (rate of motion)

Slovak

2 entries
  • rýchlosť noun (rapidity)
  • rýchlosť noun (rate of motion)

Slovene

2 entries
  • hitrost noun (rapidity)
  • hitrost noun (rate of motion)

Spanish

4 entries
  • rapidez noun (rapidity)
  • velocidad noun (rapidity)
  • velocidad noun (rate of motion)
  • andar velozmente verb (to go fast)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kasi class IX noun (rapidity)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fart noun (rapidity)
  • fart noun (rate of motion)
  • hastighet noun (rapidity)
  • hastighet noun (rate of motion)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • bilis noun (rapidity)
  • bilis noun (rate of motion)
  • tulin noun (rapidity)
  • mabilis verb (to go fast)

Tajik

3 entries
  • зудӣ noun (rapidity)
  • суръат noun (rapidity)
  • тезӣ noun (rapidity)

Tatar

1 entries
  • тизлек noun (rapidity)

Telugu

3 entries
  • వడి noun (rapidity)
  • వడి noun (rate of motion)
  • వేగము noun (rate of motion)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความเร็ว noun (rapidity)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hız noun (rapidity)
  • sürat noun (rapidity)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • tizlik noun (rapidity)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • шви́дкість noun (rapidity)

Urdu

1 entries
  • رَفْتار noun (rapidity)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سۈرئەت noun (rapidity)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • tezlik noun (rapidity)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tốc độ noun (rapidity)
  • tốc độ noun (rate of motion)

Walloon

4 entries
  • abeyisté noun (rapidity)
  • felesse noun (rapidity)
  • raddisté noun (rapidity)
  • subtilité noun (rapidity)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • lez (diq) noun (rate of motion)
  • pêt (diq) noun (rapidity)
  • rew (diq) noun (rate of motion)
  • suret (diq) noun (rapidity)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ʻǁna̰ã noun (rapidity)

Sample sentences

42 total sentences available.

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More haste, less speed.

Source: tatoeba (19689)

We should observe the speed limit.

Source: tatoeba (22867)

Science and technology have come to pervade every aspect of our lives and, as a result, society is changing at a speed which is quite unprecedented.

Source: tatoeba (23992)

The driver increased his speed.

Source: tatoeba (26594)

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