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fleetadjective moving, proceeding, or acting with great speeda jewel thief said to be light of heart and fleet of foot blistering, breakneck, breathless, brisk, dizzy, fast, fleet-footed, flying, galloping, hasty, hot, lightning, nippy, quick, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, splitting, swift, whirlwind, zippy expeditious, prompt, readyaccelerated, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushedbreathtakingenergetic, strenuous, strong, vigoroushigh-speedrushultrafast, ultrarapid at speed(chiefly British) slow crawling, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, languid, lingering, plodding, poking, poky(or pokey), slowish, sluggish, unhurrieddeliberate, leisurely, measureddilatory, late, tardyultraslow a group of vehicles traveling together or under one managementa fleet of buses rolling down the highway armada, caravan, cavalcade, line, motorcade, train argosy, convoy, flotilla, navycolumn, cortege(also cortège), parade, procession adj.fast, rapid, swift, fleet, quick, speedy, hasty, expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with celerity.fast and rapid are very close in meaning, but fast applies particularly to the thing that movesfast horses and rapid to the movement itself.rapid current swift suggests great rapidity coupled with ease of movement.returned the ball with one swift stroke fleet adds the implication of lightness and nimbleness.fleet runners quick suggests promptness and the taking of little time.a quick wit speedy implies quickness of successful accomplishmentspeedy delivery of mail and may also suggest unusual velocity.hasty suggests hurry and precipitousness and often connotes carelessness.a hasty inspection expeditious suggests efficiency together with rapidity of accomplishment.the expeditious handling of an order before the 12th century |