Synonyms for expeditious
ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ əsex·pe·di·tious

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1. expeditious

   Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.

   Synonyms:
   active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awake

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

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1. expeditiousadjective

   marked by speed and efficiency

   Antonyms:
   inefficient

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1. expeditiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   speedy, quick, hasty

2. expeditiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   prompt, swift, punctual, diligent, nimble, alert

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1. List of paraphrases for "expeditious":

   rapid, quick, speedy, fast, prompt, rapidly, swift, expedited, expedient, diligent, early, timely

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1. Marcelo Ebrard:

   The president has instructed me to ensure that Mexico's indignation translates into... efficient, prompt, expeditious and forceful legal actions for Mexico to take a role and demand that conditions are established that protect... Mexicans in the United States.

2. Mark Meadows:

   We're just trying to make sure that we've identified all the legitimate needs that are out there. The President has been very clear about one thing, if they're legitimate needs The President wants to make sure that there's enough money there to take care of those needs. And The President wants to be, not only expeditious in that deployment of funds, but also make sure that people do not use this funding mechanism as a way to just fund some pet project that may not be a priority for the vast majority of the American people.

3. District Attorney George Gascón:

   In order to ensure our criminal justice system is fair and equitable, my office is conducting an immediate assessment of every prosecution within the past 10 years where these officers were involved, this is a shameful incident that the public deserves to have addressed in a meaningful and expeditious manner.

4. John Simon:

   We believe a court-supervised process under Chapter 11 will best enable PGE to resolve its potential liabilities in an orderly, fair and expeditious fashion, we expect this process also will enable PGE to access the capital and resources we need to continue providing our customers with safe service and investing in our systems and infrastructure.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   I am not going to put a timeline on it, whether that's two months, six months, we are committed to moving forward in an expeditious moment to see if we can achieve what both leaders set out to do.