Thesaurus

expeditious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of expeditious

having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation

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

Synonyms of expeditious

alacritous, alert, prompt, quick, ready, willing

Words Related to expeditious

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-witted, ready-witted, sharp-witted, smart

Near Antonyms of expeditious

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

Synonym Discussion of expeditious

fast, rapid, swift, fleet, quick, speedy, hasty, expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity. fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that moves

- fast horses

and rapid to the movement itself.

- rapid current

swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement.

- returned the ball with one swift stroke

fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness.

- fleet runners

quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time.

- a quick wit

speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishment

- speedy delivery of mail

and may also suggest unusual velocity. hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness.

- a hasty inspection

expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment.

- the expeditious handling of an order

Learn More about expeditious

See words that rhyme with expeditious Dictionary: Definition of expeditious Spanish Central: Translation of expeditious Nglish: Translation of expeditious for Spanish speakers

Seen and Heard

What made you want to look up expeditious? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

show comments

Thesaurus

expeditious

Synonyms and Antonyms of expeditious

Synonym Discussion of expeditious

Learn More about expeditious

Seen and Heard

WORD OF THE DAY

suffuse

We Added New Words to the Dictionary for September 2019

Meet Puku, Our New Kids' App!

Trending: Trump: 'Dastardly' Things

7 Words from the Working World

On Contractions of Multiple Words