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speednoun a high rate of movement or performancewe dashed off the remaining paperwork with as much speed as possible so we could leave for the long weekend celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, swiftness, velocity clip, gait, pace, rate, tempodrive, hustleacceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rushalacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptnesswarp speed slowness, sluggishness languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torporreluctancedeliberateness, deliberationdilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination a person or thing that is preferred over othersthat kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed darling, fave, favorite, minion, pet, preference beloved, dear, sweetheartjewel, prize, treasure cup of tea abomination, anathema, bête noire, bugbear speedverbto proceed or move quicklya bullet train speeding across the lush countryside barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb(slang), bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scufflestampede, streak, whiz(or whizz)gallop, jog, sprintaccelerate, quicken, step outcatch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtakearrow, beeline beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it crawl, creep, poke dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarryamble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, strolldecelerate, slow (down or up) n.haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action.haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.marry in haste hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion.in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action.exercises to increase your reading speed expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters.the case came to trial with expedition paid bills with dispatch before the 12th century |