expeditious

ex·pe·di·tious

adjective \ˌek-spə-ˈdi-shəs\

Definition of EXPEDITIOUS

: marked by or acting with prompt efficiency

— ex·pe·di·tious·ly adverb

— ex·pe·di·tious·ness noun

Examples of EXPEDITIOUS

1. <a company that is well-regarded for its expeditious handling of any request or complaint>

First Known Use of EXPEDITIOUS

1599

Related to EXPEDITIOUS

Synonyms

alacritous, alert, quick, prompt, ready, willing

Related Words

receptive, responsive; immediate, instant, instantaneous, summary; breakneck, breathless, brisk, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, hit-and-run, lightning, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, swift, whirlwind; eager, keen, sharp; apt, clever, quick, quick-witted, ready-witted, sharp-witted, smart

Near Antonyms

unresponsive; crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, lazy, lazyish, leisurely, logy (also loggy), poking, poky (or pokey), slothful, slow, slowish, sluggish, tardy, unhurried; dormant, idle, inactive, inert

See Synonym Discussion at fast

Rhymes with EXPEDITIOUS

adscititious, adventitious, avaricious, cementitious, inauspicious, injudicious, meretricious, Red Delicious, repetitious, subreptitious, superstitious, suppositious, surreptitious