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rapid-fire

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of rapid-fire

moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed

the witness stayed unruffled all through the prosecutorʼs rapid-fire questioning

Synonyms of rapid-fire

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

Words Related to rapid-fire

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushed

energetic, strenuous, strong, vigorous

ultrafast, ultrarapid

Phrases Synonymous with rapid-fire

at speed [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms of rapid-fire

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

deliberate, leisurely, measured

dilatory, late, tardy

Antonyms of rapid-fire

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