Synonyms of celerity

celerity

noun

sə-ˈler-ə-tē 

as in velocity

a high rate of movement or performance

a journalist who writes his well-crafted stories with remarkable celerity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• velocity
• speed
• rapidity
• rate
• swiftness
• hurry
• quickness
• pace
• haste
• fleetness
• speediness
• rapidness
• acceleration
• fastness
• gait
• tempo
• alacrity
• promptness
• promptitude
• clip
• precipitation
• expedition
• dispatch
• hustle
• rush
• hastiness
• drive
• expeditiousness
• precipitousness
• warp speed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowness
• sluggishness
• lethargy
• languor
• reluctance
• torpidity
• torpor
• deliberation
• deliberateness
• languidness
• leisureliness
• dilatoriness
• procrastination
• lateness
• pokiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of celerity

As executive chair rather than simply chair, Whitman’s role is much more hands-on, acting as a close operations and strategic advisor to Morris and helping leadership sharpen strategy, improve execution, and act with celerity. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

With stunning celerity, possibility becomes probability and then certainty, as readers reject the quiet, circuitous, and unglamorous narratives of prudential compromise, ambiguous diplomacy, or incremental progress. — Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025

Electrons in solids tend to bump into atoms instead of moving uninterrupted, so being able to control them with such celerity was crucial for the team to carry out its Peter-Pan-and-his-shadow manipulation of the electron and the hole. — Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2021

The list goes on, but the difference between now and centuries ago is the frequency and celerity with which materials move between continents and the increasing intensity of climate change. — Claire Marie Porter, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2019

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