Synonyms of speeds

speeds 1 of 2

noun

plural of speed

as in favorites

a person or thing that is preferred over others

that kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• favorites
• preferences
• pets
• darlings
• minions
• cups of tea
• treasures
• faves
• prizes
• dears
• sweethearts
• beloveds
• jewels

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abominations
• anathemas
• bugbears
• bêtes noires

speeds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of speed

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• travels
• drives
• rushes
• hurries
• zips
• flies
• scurries
• trots
• jumps
• chases
• buzzes
• runs
• scoots
• blows
• zooms
• steps
• motors
• darts
• blasts
• bowls
• dashes
• tears
• whirls
• rams
• rips
• jogs
• scuttles
• courses
• barrels
• jets
• shoots
• careers
• hurtles
• hustles
• breezes
• blazes
• humps
• hastens
• bolts
• whisks
• careens
• rockets
• cracks (on)
• belts
• bundles
• hurls
• rustles
• bustles
• steps on it
• hies
• makes tracks
• gallops
• hares
• bombs
• beats it
• nips
• pelts
• accelerates
• cannonballs
• highballs
• sprints
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• flits
• hotfoots (it)
• whizzes
• scampers
• beetles
• streaks
• quickens
• scuds
• outruns
• outstrips
• stampedes
• outpaces
• steps out
• overtakes
• arrows
• scuffles
• catches up
• fast-forwards
• beelines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• lags
• creeps
• pokes
• drags
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• dawdles
• strolls
• shuffles
• slows (down or up)
• tarries
• decelerates
• ambles
• dallies
• saunters
• plods
• lumbers
• dillydallies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of speeds

Noun

The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026

The Cabletime ScreenDock supports transfer speeds up to 104MB/s for fast file transfers from cameras, drones and other devices. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Top down with the windows raised and the quirky wind deflector deployed, the cockpit is a wonderful place to be, and one that’s almost completely devoid of turbulence—even at near triple-digit speeds. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026

The synthetic images accurately reproduced the vortexes’ appearance and dynamics, including growth rate, distribution, and propagation speeds, which led the team to conclude their observations are most likely real. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

Others share stories of donut tires wearing out quickly or making their vehicles feel unstable at highway speeds. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026

During the ensuing chase, his car jumped a curb, drove through a parking lot and reached speeds of more than 75 mph. — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

This Wi-Fi 7 powerhouse ensures your connection never hits a lag spike when researching for that big project (or solo gaming marathons and 8K movie streams) while delivering quad-band speeds. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

As The Fast and the Furious (2001) speeds back into theaters for its 25th anniversary, Vin Diesel is ready for one last ride as Dominic Toretto. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026

Verb

Eun-sae, who has heard Tae-ha speaking Korean, speeds up on her motorbike to whisk Tae-ha away from danger. — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

ChatGPT Work speeds up and structures the close, but doesn’t replace the underlying accounting system or a controller’s sign-off. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Because Mercury is so close to the sun, a spacecraft travelling toward the planet speeds up as the sun's gravity pulls it in. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026

The control system also needs to respond automatically when a person speeds up or slows down. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Also, take care to keep potatoes away from onions, as onions release ethylene gas, which speeds up the sprouting process. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 19 July 2026

Beyond producing highly uniform nanowires, the technique speeds up materials research. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

The company keeps a large in-stock inventory, which speeds things along. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 July 2026

As a car speeds up, the air resistance pushing against it increases and forces the engine to work harder, using more fuel to achieve the same speed. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026