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speed
Synonyms and Antonyms of speed
1
a high rate of movement or performance
2
a person or thing that is preferred over others
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Synonym Discussion of speed
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- marry in haste
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- in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush
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- exercises to increase your reading speed
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- the case came to trial with expedition
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- paid bills with dispatch
speed
Synonyms and Antonyms of speed
to proceed or move quickly
barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
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