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plural of speed
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(Entry 1 of 2)
a person or thing that is preferred over others
- that kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed
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speeds
verbpresent tense third-person singular of speed
Synonyms & Antonyms of speeds (Entry 2 of 2)
to proceed or move quickly
- a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside
Synonyms for speeds
- barrels,
- belts,
- blasts,
- blazes,
- blows,
- bolts,
- bombs
- [slang],
- bowls,
- breezes,
- bundles,
- bustles,
- buzzes,
- cannonballs,
- careens,
- careers,
- chases,
- courses,
- cracks (on),
- dashes,
- drives,
- flies,
- hares,
- hastens,
- hies,
- highballs,
- hotfoots (it),
- humps,
- hurls,
- hurries,
- hurtles,
- hustles,
- jets,
- jumps,
- motors,
- nips,
- pelts,
- races,
- rams,
- rips,
- rockets,
- runs,
- rushes,
- rustles,
- scoots,
- scurries,
- scuttles,
- shoots,
- steps,
- tears,
- travels,
- trots,
- whirls,
- whisks,
- zips,
- zooms
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