Entry Word: speed

Function: noun

Meaning: a high rate of movement or performance <we did our homework with as much speed as possible so we could go to the movies>

Synonyms celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, swiftness, velocity

Related Words clip, pace, rate, tempo; drive, hustle; acceleration, rush; dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptness

Near Antonyms languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpor; reluctance; deliberateness, deliberation

Antonyms slowness, sluggishness