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Antonyms for speed
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Wiktionary
speednoun
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velocityspeednoun
To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
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velocityspeednoun
To help someone, to give them fortune.
God speed, until we meet again.
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velocityspeednoun
To go fast, especially excessively fast.
The Ferrari was speeding along the road.
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velocityspeednoun
any amphetamine drug used as a stimulant, especially illegally, especially methamphetamine
Why do you speed when the road is so icy?
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velocityspeedverb
To increase the rate at which something occurs
Synonyms:
velocity
English Synonyms and Antonyms
speed
To quicken, in the sense here considered, is to increase speed, move or cause to move more rapidly, as through more space or with, a greater number of motions in the same time. To accelerate is to increase the speed of action or of motion. A motion whose speed increases upon itself is said to be accelerated, as the motion of a falling body, which becomes swifter with every second of time. To accelerate any work is to hasten it toward a finish, commonly by quickening all its operations in orderly unity toward the result. To despatch is to do and be done with, to get a thing off one's hands. To despatch an enemy is to kill him outright and quickly; to despatch a messenger is to send him in haste; to despatch a business is to bring it quickly to an end. Despatch is commonly used of single items. To promote a cause is in any way to bring it forward, advance it in power, prominence, etc. To speed is really to secure swiftness; to hasten is to attempt it, whether successfully or unsuccessfully. Hurry always indicates something of confusion. The hurried man forgets dignity, appearance, comfort, courtesy, everything but speed; he may forget something vital to the matter in hand; yet, because reckless haste may attain the great object of speed, hurry has come to be the colloquial and popular word for acting quickly. To facilitate is to quicken by making easy; to expedite is to quicken by removing hindrances. A good general will improve roads to facilitate the movements of troops, hasten supplies and perfect discipline to promote the general efficiency of the force, despatch details of business, expedite all preparations, in order to accelerate the advance and victory of his army.
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check, clog, delay, drag, hinder, impede, obstruct, retardSynonyms:
accelerate, advance, despatch, drive, drive on, expedite, facilitate, further, hasten, hurry, make haste, press forward, promote, quicken, urge, urge on
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
speed, velocitynoun
distance travelled per unit time
Synonyms:
velocity, speeding, amphetamine, fastness, pep pill, swiftness, focal ratio, upper, hurrying, f number, stop numberspeed, swiftness, fastnessnoun
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
"the project advanced with gratifying speed"
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stronghold, swiftness, stop number, secureness, fixture, speeding, upper, velocity, f number, fixity, pep pill, fixedness, focal ratio, amphetamine, hurrying, fastnessspeed, speeding, hurryingnoun
changing location rapidly
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velocity, speeding, amphetamine, fastness, pep pill, swiftness, focal ratio, upper, hurrying, f number, stop numberfocal ratio, f number, stop number, speednoun
the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
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speeding, amphetamine, fastness, pep pill, hurrying, swiftness, focal ratio, upper, velocity, f number, stop numberamphetamine, pep pill, upper, speedverb
a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
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speeding, swiftness, fastness, upper, pep pill, hurrying, upper berth, focal ratio, amphetamine, velocity, f number, stop numberrush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on itverb
move fast
"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
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run, hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, quicken, bucket along, race, hurry, accelerate, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, expedite, look sharp, induce, pelt along, stimulate, festinate, speed up, step on it, rushaccelerate, speed up, speed, quickenverb
move faster
"The car accelerated"
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recreate, hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, quicken, cannonball along, vivify, whet, bucket along, race, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, accelerate, renovate, revivify, reanimate, pelt along, animate, repair, revive, invigorate, speed up, step on it, rushtravel rapidly, speed, hurry, zipverb
move very fast
"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
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zipper, hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, zip up, bucket along, race, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, accelerate, look sharp, pelt along, quicken, festinate, speed up, step on it, rushspeedverb
travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
"I got a ticket for speeding"
Synonyms:
hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, quicken, cannonball along, bucket along, race, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, accelerate, pelt along, speed up, step on it, rushaccelerate, speed, speed upverb
cause to move faster
"He accelerated the car"
Synonyms:
hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, quicken, cannonball along, bucket along, race, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, accelerate, pelt along, speed up, step on it, rush
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
speednoun
Synonyms:
velocity, swiftness, rapidity, celerity, haste, expedition, dispatch, posthaste, impetuosityAssociated words:
tachymeter, tachometer, trechometer, stathmograph, momentum, impetusspeedverb
Synonyms:
hurry, hasten, accelerate, expedite, quicken, dispatch, facilitate, prosper, favor
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SPEED
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How to use speed in a sentence?
It looks like the key strut that holds down one of the helium bottles failed. As a result, the helium bottle would have shot to the top of the tank at high speed, it failed five times below its nominal strength, which is pretty crazy.
I feel good, i think that the last three games I’ve really been able to use my speed in the right moments. I’ve been trying to shoot the puck more.
Most of the parents can't stay home because they don't have jobs that allow them to stay home, they don't have the hardware. They don't have the high-speed internet capacity. ( They have) food insecurities. All of those factors were important to keeping schools open safely.
I'm sorry I hurt myself doing something that I've been doing for years. But it's affected my stability. I'm getting better, i've been doing exercises for that. ... I can read now. Don't read nearly as fast as I used to. I had world-class speed reading ability. I don't have that anymore. But I'm doing just fine.
Weve determined the deaths were produced by the collision that arose from the speed and destabilization of the vehicle generated by the chase and the shots.
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