GRADUAL Antonyms

• marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

• exceedingly sudden and unexpected

• dangerously steep

• surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner

• having no intervening medium

• of the present time and place

• very close or connected in space or time

• immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect

• performed with little or no delay

• occurring with no delay

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited

• a part of a river where the current is very fast

• done or occurring in a brief period of time

• characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

• characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

• United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)

• common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

• an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

• moving very fast

• having a sharp inclination

• a steep place (as on a hill)

• greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

• of a slope; set at a high angle

• devote (oneself) fully to

• let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse