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swiftness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of swiftness

a high rate of movement or performance

With amazing swiftness, the airline agent got our ticket changed, and we boarded the plane just as it was about to leave.

Synonyms of swiftness

celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, velocity

Words Related to swiftness

clip, gait, pace, rate, tempo

acceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rush

alacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptness

Near Antonyms of swiftness

languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torpor

deliberateness, deliberation

dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination

Antonyms of swiftness

slowness, sluggishness

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