Synonyms of rapidity

rapidity

noun

rə-ˈpi-də-tē 

as in velocity

a high rate of movement or performance

the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rapidity

But this doesn’t explain the rapidity of the shift nor the fact that all the leading American AI research labs moved in the same direction. — Nick Srnicek, Wired News, 14 Jan. 2026

Still others warned of the rapidity with which democracy could give way to dictatorship. — Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025

The film captures the rapidity of time, with flashes of beauty and brutality whipping by in turn. — Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025

The first is the rapidity of innovation. — Ravi Kumar S, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025