All rapid synonyms
rapΒ·id
R r noun rapid
- chute β A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide.
adj rapid
- instantaneous β occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.
- chop chop β pidgin English for quickly
- cursory β A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail.
- alacritous β cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- chop-chop β with haste; quickly.
- in play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- fireball β Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860β1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- alar β relating to, resembling, or having wings or alae
- asap β asap is an abbreviation for 'as soon as possible'.
- agile β Someone who is agile can move quickly and easily.
- hard-working β industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- barrelling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- at work β If someone is at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
- hyper β overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- hasty β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- alate β having wings or winglike extensions
- dizzying β having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
- cyclonic β of or relating to a cyclone.
- hair-trigger β easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause: a hair-trigger temper.
- hypersonic β noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- high-speed β designed to operate or operating at a high speed: a high-speed drill.
- fleet-footed β able to run fast.
- flasher β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- half-assed β insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
- in nothing flat β no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- meteoric β of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- blue streak β anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- feathered β clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.
- like mad β mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- like a bat out of hell β very fast
adjective rapid
- cracking β You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting.
- winged β having wings.
- quick β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- flying β making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
- expeditious β Done with speed and efficiency.
- exertive β Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
- zippy β lively; peppy.
- quickened β Simple past tense and past participle of quicken.
- 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.
- abrupt β An abrupt change or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant.
- fleet β an arm of the sea; inlet.
- expeditive β (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- instant β an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.
- nippy β chilly or cold: morning air that feels a bit nippy.
adv rapid
- at once β If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- full tilt β at the full potential, speed, energy, forcefulness, etc.
- double-quick β very quick or rapid.
- fleetly β swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.