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speed
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SPEED
1
a high rate of movement or performance <we dashed off the remaining paperwork with as much speed as possible so we could leave for the long weekend>
Synonyms celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, swiftness, velocity
Related Words clip, gait, pace, rate, tempo; drive, hustle; acceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rush; alacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptness; warp speed
Near Antonyms languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torpor; reluctance; deliberateness, deliberation; dilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination
Antonyms slowness, sluggishness
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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