Synonyms for speed
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1. speednoun

   Synonyms:
   velocity

2. speednoun

   To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

   Synonyms:
   velocity

3. speednoun

   To help someone, to give them fortune.

   God speed, until we meet again.

   Synonyms:
   velocity

4. speednoun

   To go fast, especially excessively fast.

   The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

   Synonyms:
   velocity

5. speednoun

   any amphetamine drug used as a stimulant, especially illegally, especially methamphetamine

   Why do you speed when the road is so icy?

   Synonyms:
   velocity

6. speedverb

   To increase the rate at which something occurs

   Synonyms:
   velocity

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1. 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.

   Synonyms:
   accelerate, advance, despatch, drive, drive on, expedite, facilitate, further, hasten, hurry, make haste, press forward, promote, quicken, urge, urge on

   Antonyms:
   check, clog, delay, drag, hinder, impede, obstruct, retard

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1. speed

   Synonyms:
   despatch, expedite, accelerate, urge, hasten, hurry, press

   Antonyms:
   retard, delay, postpone, obstruct, drag, loiter, dawdle, linger, lag, stay

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. speed, velocitynoun

   distance travelled per unit time

   Synonyms:
   velocity, speeding, amphetamine, fastness, pep pill, swiftness, focal ratio, upper, hurrying, f number, stop number

2. speed, swiftness, fastnessnoun

   a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

   "the project advanced with gratifying speed"

   Synonyms:
   stronghold, swiftness, stop number, secureness, fixture, speeding, upper, velocity, f number, fixity, pep pill, fixedness, focal ratio, amphetamine, hurrying, fastness

3. speed, speeding, hurryingnoun

   changing location rapidly

   Synonyms:
   velocity, speeding, amphetamine, fastness, pep pill, swiftness, focal ratio, upper, hurrying, f number, stop number

4. focal ratio, f number, stop number, speednoun

   the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system

   Synonyms:
   speeding, amphetamine, fastness, pep pill, hurrying, swiftness, focal ratio, upper, velocity, f number, stop number

5. amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speedverb

   a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

   Synonyms:
   speeding, swiftness, fastness, upper, pep pill, hurrying, upper berth, focal ratio, amphetamine, velocity, f number, stop number

6. rush, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, rush

7. accelerate, speed up, speed, quickenverb

   move faster

   "The car accelerated"

   Synonyms:
   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, rush

8. travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zipverb

   move very fast

   "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

   Synonyms:
   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, rush

9. speedverb

   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, rush

10. accelerate, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Intensify
   • Modify
   • Motion
   • Pace
   • Ratio
   • Travel

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   a person with grate power

   Submitted by milton.keathley on December 5, 2019  

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1. speedverb

   Synonyms:
   make haste

2. speedverb

   Synonyms:
   succeed, prosper, thrive, flourish

3. speedverb

   Synonyms:
   fare, get on

4. speedverb

   Synonyms:
   hasten, expedite, accelerate, hurry, despatch, quicken, precipitate, forward, urge or press forward, urge or press on

5. speedverb

   Synonyms:
   assist, help, aid, help forward

6. speedverb

   Synonyms:
   prosper, favor, make successful

7. speednoun

   Synonyms:
   haste, hurry, despatch, celerity, swiftness, fleetness, velocity, quickness, rapidity, expedition

8. speednoun

   Synonyms:
   success, prosperity, good fortune, good luck, favorable issue

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1. speednoun

   Synonyms:
   velocity, swiftness, rapidity, celerity, haste, expedition, dispatch, posthaste, impetuosity

   Associated words:
   tachymeter, tachometer, trechometer, stathmograph, momentum, impetus

2. speedverb

   Synonyms:
   hurry, hasten, accelerate, expedite, quicken, dispatch, facilitate, prosper, favor

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1. List of paraphrases for "speed":

   velocity, rate, vitesse, pace, speeds, rapidity, airspeed, timeliness, accelerate, swiftness, regime, promptness, speeding, gear, expedite, fast, rapid, haste, expeditiousness, accelerating, speediness, tempo

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1. SPEED

   Synonyms:
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1. Katelyn Allers:

   On Earth, for example, say you have a cloud being blown by some wind, if you're looking down at Earth from space, you could measure the speed of a continent as it rotates in and out of view and a different speed for the cloud as it rotates in and out of view. And that difference in speed occurs because wind has pushed that cloud relative to the surface.

2. Robert Bleischwitz:

   The fans in front help to produce an air cushion, because the wing is tilted like a wedge and so the air is trapped below the wing surface and like a hovercraft it can elevate up at the beginning, so it can really lift off at nearly zero speed. And later you can tilt these thrusters in the front to get into a more streamlined, so which is then in the performance, better. So you use tillable rotors in the front to lift off at lower speed and fly at higher speed.

3. Chris Jackson:

   So: You have a high-speed train, operating on a track which is not purposed for high-speed trains, with no high-speed train signaling/warning system in place, and then you add a sharp curve into the equation. Thus the crash.

4. Isaac Asimov:

   I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

5. David Glasgow Farragut:

   Damn the torpedoes, Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed! (frequently erroreously quoted as 'Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead')