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fleet-footed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fleet-footed

moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed

the Roman god Mercury was the fleet-footed messenger of the gods

Synonyms of fleet-footed

blistering, breakneck, breathless, brisk, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, galloping, hasty, hot, lightning, nippy, quick, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, splitting, swift, whirlwind, zippy

Words Related to fleet-footed

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushed

energetic, strenuous, strong, vigorous

ultrafast, ultrarapid

Phrases Synonymous with fleet-footed

at speed [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms of fleet-footed

crawling, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, languid, lingering, plodding, poking, poky (or pokey), slowish, sluggish, unhurried

deliberate, leisurely, measured

dilatory, late, tardy

Antonyms of fleet-footed

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