All fleet synonyms
fleet
F f noun fleet
- armada β An armada is a large group of warships.
- navy β the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- squadron β a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- flotilla β a group of small naval vessels, especially a naval unit containing two or more squadrons.
- formation β the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- line β a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- argosy β a large abundantly laden merchant ship, or a fleet of such ships
- vessels β a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
- tonnage β the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
adjective fleet
- speedy β characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- brisk β A brisk activity or action is done quickly and in an energetic way.
- fast β moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- flying β making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
- rapid β occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- screaming β uttering screams.
- swift β moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
- winged β having wings.
- agile β Someone who is agile can move quickly and easily.
- breakneck β If you say that something happens or travels at breakneck speed, you mean that it happens or travels very fast.
- expeditious β Done with speed and efficiency.
- expeditive β (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- hasty β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- in nothing flat β no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- lively β eventful, stirring, or exciting: The opposition gave us a lively time.
- mercurial β changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- meteoric β of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- nimble β quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
- on the double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- speedball β a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands.
verb fleet
- lose no time β act without delay
- whish β a whishing sound.
- make time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- bestir β to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- make short work of β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- speed up β an increasing of speed.
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- seagull β a gull, especially any of the marine species.
- bulleted β a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- flit β to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- shake a leg β an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- make tracks β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- smoking β the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- aviate β to pilot or fly in an aircraft
- sweep β to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
- take flight β an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- get cracking β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.