Swift

/swɪft/

Synonyms for "swift" (210 found)

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Closest matches (42)

abrupt agile alacritous alert apt breakneck brief brisk cometary cursory dashing decisive dispatchfuldouble quickdouble-quick eagle-winged electrifying expeditious express fast

Adjective(6 words)

abrupt turnaccelerated pacebirdlike brisker dizzyingexpress mailing

Noun(14 words)

bird blazing blue-belly bright clever cursorius darting expeditiousexplosive accelerationexponentialexpress in component formexpress supportfastfast one

Verb(2 words)

brisksexpress clearly

Strong matches (63)

Noun(12 words)

fast rotatingfastball flash flicking flittingflying birdhigh speedhigh-speed rotationlightninglightning strokemost rapidninja

Adjective(10 words)

fast rotationfast sortfasterfaster developmentfaster rolloutfleet fleetergreedy algorithmimmediate actionnimbler

festinate feverish flashing flat-out fleet flickering flyingfull tiltfurious gallopinghair triggerhair-trigger hasty headlong hurried hustling immediate impetuous impulsive instant

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instantaneousjohnny on the spotlast minutelast-minute lightlight footedlight of heellight-footed lively magpie mercurial meteoric nerve-shattering nimblenimble footednimble-footedon the spotpassing posthaste precipitant

Verb(1 words)

fleeted

Related words (105)

precipitate precipitous prompt promptly punctual quickquick as lightningquick as thoughtquickly raking rapid rapidly ready reckless running sharp shocking shortshort and sweetshort-term

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Noun(33 words)

prompt puma quickquick estimate methodquick-witted racing raiding rapidrapid ideology shiftrapid political changerattlingrevolutionarily rapidrocket rushingsceloporus occidentalisscudding snapping snatchingspeed of lightspeeding

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speedster speedysudden moveswiftlet tach tearingtime efficient sortturnaroundwestern fence lizardwhizzing whooshingwinged creaturezipping

Adverb(1 words)

pronto

Adjective(25 words)

quick appraisalquick drawingquick mass measurementrapid adoptionrapid calculationrapid changerapid collapserapid decision makingrapid lungerapid motion-changerapid pacerapid reactionrapid responserapid societal collapserapid technology upheavalrapid transitionrushlikeshort focus pausespecial meetingsprightliest

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timelytimely momentunrestricted speedvertiginous zippiest

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6 relation types

More general

15 entries

animalapodiform birdbeing birdcognitive abilitycreature efficiency entityfence lizardintelligence person promptness quality speed vertebrate

More specific

11 entries

briskcommon swiftfast moverfleet-footedhouse swiftimmediate instantaneouspallid swiftquick-witted sharp-minded speedster

Collocations

10 entries

common swiftpallid swiftswift actionswift birdswift flightswift migrationswift movementswift paceswift responseswift turnaround

Inflections

3 entries

swifter swiftest swifts

Derivations

2 entries

swiftly swiftness

similar

1 entries

fast

Sample sentences

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Shareholders were concerned about the company's swift expansion overseas.

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The swallow is swift in flight.

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The spider responds with a swift attack.

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Life is short and time is swift.

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