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quickness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of quickness

a high rate of movement or performance

his agility and overall quickness made him the football coach's top choice for receiver

Synonyms of quickness

celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity

Words Related to quickness

clip, gait, pace, rate, tempo

acceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rush

alacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptness

Near Antonyms of quickness

languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torpor

deliberateness, deliberation

dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination

Antonyms of quickness

slowness, sluggishness

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