Synonyms of quickness

quickness

noun

as in speed

a high rate of movement or performance

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of quickness

Their ability to catch passes, run routes and show off quickness is creating excitement. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

However, the number of 6-foot-9 players who can beat defenders off the dribble with quickness can be counted on one hand. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

He can get hung up in crowded spaces, but his initial quickness gives him an advantage to get upfield or work laterally around roadblocks. — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 16 July 2026

The Hornets believe Ajayi has elite physical and tools highlighted by size, athleticism, wingspan, quickness and strength. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026

Dumont, whose professional background is in owning and operating casinos, is gambling that his franchise can use a 34-year-old guard who is coming off another major injury whose forte is surreal quickness and dribble-drive penetration as the primary complement to Cooper Flagg. — Mac Engel june 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026

The idea was to put more perimeter quickness on the floor to switch screens and guard Miami’s 3-point attempts. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 June 2026

Consumers are tired of garments that fall apart or fail to meet their expectations, and Artistic Milliners is collaborating to deliver quality in concert with quickness. — Sj Studio, Footwear News, 12 June 2026

Chris Richards, from Alabama, is an uncompromising defender whose Afro towers above the back line and whose lankiness masks a quickness that covers gaps in the American half. — Leander Schaerlaeckens, New Yorker, 22 May 2026