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 Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026 Lindsey Graham's death in July sparked a rapid-fire campaign season. — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Just remember that Mercury, Gemini’s ruler, is still in Cancer, so beneath all the clever observations and rapid-fire conversations, feelings and intuition are still driving the narrative. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for rapid-fire

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Adjective

Noonan's column also manifests the larger substantive concern, already being expressed by some of those involved in the rapid development of AI, that the new technology could escape human control and even threaten the existence of humankind.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Josemar Lauriano Pereira, a 46-year-old lawyer, said that the rapid availability of results helped combat fraud and uncertainty.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of rapid

Adjective

Fall’s brisk weather brings with it the promise of cozy knitwear, cashmere socks, and roaring fires—perhaps the only downside is that the grey skies exacerbate the our considerable vitamin D deficiency.

— Violet Hayward, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
Someone could take a brisk walk, climb stairs or use a stationary bike.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of brisk

Adjective

And guard and team leader Robert Hunt told reporters afterward that this officiating crew in particular is quick to call unnecsssary roughness.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
So for him, that would be a quick burst and some lateral side-to-side stuff.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of quick

Adjective

The wine industry has largely convinced itself that faster, cheaper, and easier is the path to a better product.

— Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
To put it into proportion, imagine not only launching the smaller, yet still skyscraper-sized Apollo-era Saturn V and then expecting to not only get the entire rocket back, but reuse it again after a fast turnaround.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 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

Definition of galloping

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