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expeditious

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ˌek-spə-ˈdi-shəs\
    • /ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.əs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ˌek-spə-ˈdi-shəs\

Definitions of expeditious word

  • noun expeditious Done with speed and efficiency. 2
  • adjective expeditious Expeditious means quick and efficient. 0
  • adjective expeditious characterized by or done with speed and efficiency; prompt; quick 0
  • adjective expeditious done with or characterized by expedition; efficient and speedy; prompt 0
See all 4 definitions of expeditious

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Parts of speech for Expeditious

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Expeditious

expeditious popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for expeditious

adjective expeditious

  • speedy — characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
  • quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
  • prompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
  • swift — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
  • hasty — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.

adverb expeditious

  • double-quick — very quick or rapid.
  • fleetly — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
  • posthaste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
  • at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
  • full tilt — at the full potential, speed, energy, forcefulness, etc.
All 26 Synonyms of expeditious

Antonyms for expeditious

adjective expeditious

  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
  • lazy — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
  • pokey — a jail
  • retarded — characterized by a slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.
All 5 Antonyms of expeditious

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