RAPID-FIRE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

rapid-fire

adjective

ˌra-pəd-ˈfī(-ə)r

Definition of rapid-fire

as in rapid

moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed the witness stayed unruffled all through the prosecutor's rapid-fire questioning

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Recent Examples of rapid-fire This moment, the rapid-fire building of the infrastructure for AI, is one of the largest capital expenditures in human history. — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 His robust, under-appreciated score is composed with droning synthesizer undercurrents, old-fashioned action adventure fanfares, and intense rapid-fire tracks punctuated by brass exclamations and roaring percussion. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026 The movie combines the rapid-fire joke style of Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker films like Airplane! — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026 So the guys are starting where sports started, basically, with rapid-fire events designed around speed and strength. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for rapid-fire

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapid-fire

Adjective

The numbers are vast and climbing again but during the countdown to another season, beginning on Friday night, there has been another timely marker to illustrate the rapid financial growth of the Premier League and its elite.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The state alleges OpenAI's rapid success stems from deceit and exploitation, causing widespread harm to Floridians and subverting public order.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of rapid

Adjective

The affect of these books—brisk, unsentimental, exacting—serves their diagnosis.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
This cooling tub can be installed inside or out and drops the water temp to a brisk 37°F for consistent recovery sessions.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of brisk

Adjective

Edstrom is big and fast, competes hard, and creates a lot of offense in the high-percentage areas.

— Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
These developments prompted more cries of outrage, including one from the Democratic senator Mark Warner, who has introduced a bill that would ban social-media companies from selling fast access to accounts of government employees.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of fast

Adjective

As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.

— Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 June 2021
Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse.

— Rob Hodgetts at Longchamp, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019