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

In its premiere, this was a Korean Cherry Orchard performed in Korean for audiences that needed no primer on its setting, the rapidly changing globalized city where the characters’ home is threatening to disappear. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

These will cause glucose to flood the bloodstream quite rapidly, and then your pancreas responds by pumping out all this insulin. — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026

Even as hybrid vehicles have rapidly increased in sales this year, pickup trucks have remained an outlier. — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

After decades of disarmament, Russia, China, France, and several other nuclear powers are rapidly expanding their arsenals, while Germany, South Korea, Japan, and others are considering developing their own programs. — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

There are certain quantities which describe a physical system which are very slowly varying, and some which vary extremely rapidly. — Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

How are media and entertainment companies navigating shifting winds in Hollywood, amid an industry in constant flux and AI rapidly advancing on the scene? — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Many are also rapidly expanding into pockets of the community that don’t have nearby access to care, part of a strategy to improve care, help with staff retention, and secure patients and revenue. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

One example of this at Merrell was when the company realized the pace of the marketplace was rapidly changing around consumer engagement, so the team built an in-house agency team to respond in real time. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026