Synonyms of rapidly

rapidly

adverb

as in quickly

with great speed

summer vacation has gone by way too rapidly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quickly
• swiftly
• fast
• quick
• soon
• promptly
• immediately
• hot
• hastily
• speedily
• briskly
• swift
• apace
• by leaps and bounds
• in short order
• in a hurry
• fleetly
• like a shot
• at full tilt
• double-quick
• like wildfire
• at full throttle
• abruptly
• presto
• like gangbusters
• a mile a minute
• readily
• pronto
• lickety-split
• hell-for-leather
• vigorously
• chop-chop
• posthaste
• recklessly
• snappily
• suddenly
• impulsively
• impetuously
• rashly
• full tilt
• energetically

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowly
• sluggishly
• slow
• deliberately
• lingeringly
• leisurely
• belatedly
• ploddingly
• tardily
• laggardly
• delinquently

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rapidly

That fire was triggered by land-clearing activities and spread rapidly to surrounding areas, fueled by dry conditions. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

Water starts rapidly flooding the house, with a creature swimming through, clearly adept at moving underwater as had been predicted. — William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026

Vancouver, British ColumbiaAP — More than 20,000 people were ordered to leave their homes overnight in western Canada as a fast-moving wildfire grew rapidly and raced toward towns along British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, destroying homes in its path. — CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

As forests become increasingly fragmented and wildlife is forced into closer contact with people, livestock and domestic animals, opportunities for cross-species interactions are changing rapidly. — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026

The Blackbird group ultimately traveled too close to Perry’s Peak, a slope loaded with rapidly falling snow, and triggered a large avalanche that ran out 400 feet and completely buried all but two skiers in the fifteen-member party. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Our world is changing rapidly, and we are torn between adaptation, and clinging to the status quo. — John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026

Brain freeze, also known as cold-stimulus headache or sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, occurs when something very cold—such as ice cream or a frozen drink—rapidly cools the roof of the mouth or the back of the throat. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

The backlash has prompted Meta to update its glasses to address privacy concerns, and some places have banned them, adding to the angst surrounding technology that’s rapidly evolving. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026