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by leaps and bounds

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Synonyms and Antonyms of by leaps and bounds

with great speed

Her grades improved by leaps and bounds after just a few tutoring sessions.

Synonyms of by leaps and bounds

apace, briskly, chop-chop, double-quick, fast, fleetly, full tilt, hastily, hell-for-leather, hot, lickety-split, posthaste, presto, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, snappily, soon, speedily, swift, swiftly

Words Related to by leaps and bounds

immediately, promptly, readily

impetuously, impulsively, rashly, recklessly

abruptly, suddenly

energetically, vigorously

Phrases Synonymous with by leaps and bounds

a mile a minute, at full throttle, at full tilt, in a hurry, in short order, like a shot, like gangbusters, like wildfire

Near Antonyms of by leaps and bounds

laggardly, lingeringly, ploddingly, sluggishly

deliberately, leisurely

belatedly, delinquently, tardily

Antonyms of by leaps and bounds

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