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

2 of 2

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

Future development will focus on improving their autonomy, increasing operating speeds, and enabling them to work alongside humans with less supervision. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026

Electric cars face the same fundamental compromise between getting off the line quickly and maintaining efficiency at highway speeds. — New Atlas, 12 Nov. 2026

Additionally, expect gusty southwest to northwest winds throughout the day Friday, with sustained wind speeds around 20 mph with possible gusts of 30 to 35 mph across the inland region of Los Angeles County. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

On October 24, Zelenskyy confirmed that systems had returned to their previous operating speeds. — Elsa Ohlen,sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026

Unlike dark matter, ordinary matter interacts with light, which causes the two types of matter to move at different speeds. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026

The court upheld a prosecutor’s decision to file murder charges against a driver who was determined to be legally intoxicated at the time of a fatal crash and drove at high speeds, ran a red light and had a near miss right before. — David Swanson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

There will be one lane open for alternating traffic on the east side of the pass near South Fork, while the west side will have two-way traffic at lower speeds and with lane shifts. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2026

The FireCuda Forge offers read speeds up to 2,500MB/s and write speeds that top out at 2,000MB/s on computers running at least Windows 11 or macOS 26. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 10 Nov. 2026

Verb

The measure speeds permitting approval under the California Environmental Quality Act by placing deadlines on government agencies to issue or deny permits within a year. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Each landed as Meta, a Fortune 500 company that reported $201 billion in revenue last year, speeds up a shift from human reviewers to large language models. — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

The dining and hospitality industry is arguably the biggest beneficiary of Proposition 1, which speeds up permitting for the outdoor cafés and streeteries that have proven a lifeline for restaurants. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2026

The deputy moves clear as the vehicle speeds down the residential street. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Researchers have identified a new bacterial enzyme that speeds up the breakdown of polyesters and bioplastics. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

This speeds customs and ensures a smoother cross-border delivery experience. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

In the 1980s, Kagan found that a catalyst, a helper that speeds up a reaction, does not have to be entirely made of molecules with the same handedness to make a purely single-handed product. — Mallory Green, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Directed by Mert Alas, the cinematic visual opens on a desert road flanked by mountains, a car speeds through, which is later revealed to be driven by Miley. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026