SPEED Synonyms
There are 19 hypernyms of the word speed. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for SPEED
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accelerate | verbv | |||||||
verb • move faster • cause to move faster | ||||||||
velocity | nounn | |||||||
noun • distance travelled per unit time | ||||||||
speed up | verbv | |||||||
verb • move faster • cause to move faster | ||||||||
amphetamine | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | ||||||||
celerity | ||||||||
noun • a rate that is rapid | ||||||||
fastness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens • the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment • a strongly fortified defensive structure | ||||||||
hasten | verb, adverbv, adv | |||||||
verb • act at high speed • move hurridly • speed up the progress of; facilitate • cause to occur rapidly | ||||||||
hie | verbv | |||||||
verb • move hurridly | ||||||||
hotfoot | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it adverb • without delay; speedily verb • move hurridly | ||||||||
hurry | verbv | |||||||
noun • a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry • overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner verb • move very fast • act at high speed • urge to an unnatural speed | ||||||||
hurrying | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • changing location rapidly adjective satellite • moving with great haste | ||||||||
quicken | verbv | |||||||
verb • move faster • make keen or more acute • give life or energy to • show signs of life • give new life or energy to | ||||||||
race | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • any competition • a contest of speed • people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock • (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species • the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller • a canal for a current of water verb • move hurridly • compete in a race • to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others • cause to move fast or to rush or race | ||||||||
rush | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner • physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) • a sudden forceful flow • grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems • the swift release of a store of affective force • a sudden burst of activity • (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line adjective satellite • not accepting reservations • done under pressure verb • move hurridly • attack suddenly • urge to an unnatural speed • act at high speed • run with the ball, in football • cause to move fast or to rush or race • cause to occur rapidly | ||||||||
speeding | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • changing location rapidly | ||||||||
swiftness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | ||||||||
upper | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • the topmost one of two; upper noun • the higher of two berths • piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot • a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression adjective satellite • higher in place or position • superior in rank or accomplishment | ||||||||
zip | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail • a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential • forceful exertion • a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab verb • close with a zipper • move very fast | ||||||||
belt along | verbv | |||||||
verb • move hurridly | ||||||||
bucket along | verbv | |||||||
verb • move hurridly | ||||||||