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Synonyms for quick
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Wiktionary
quickadjective
raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
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rapid, swift, speedy, fastAntonyms:
slowquickadjective
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
That was a quick meal.
quickadjective
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.
quickadjective
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
My father is old but he still has a quick wit.
quickadjective
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
quickadjective
Alive, living.
quickadjective
Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
She was quick with child.
quickadjective
Of water: flowing.
quickadjective
Burning, flammable, fiery.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
quick
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.
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active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
quickadjective
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
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inactive, unexcitable, unhurried, slow, unintelligent, stupidquick, speedyadjective
accomplished rapidly and without delay
"was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flying, rapidAntonyms:
unhurried, slow, stupid, unexcitable, inactive, unintelligentflying, quick, fastadjective
hurried and brief
"paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
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ready, flying, profligate, straightaway, debauched, riotous, prompt, speedy, fast, dissolute, libertine, truehearted, warm, immobile, loyal, degraded, agile, fast(a), fast-flying, firm, dissipated, spry, degenerate, immediate, nimbleAntonyms:
slow, unhurried, unintelligent, stupid, unexcitable, inactiveagile, nimble, quick, spryadjective
moving quickly and lightly
"sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flyingAntonyms:
unhurried, inactive, unintelligent, slow, unexcitable, stupidquick, readyadjective
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
"a quick mind"; "a ready wit"
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flying, ready(a)Antonyms:
unhurried, unintelligent, unexcitable, slow, stupid, inactiveimmediate, prompt, quick, straightawayadjective
performed with little or no delay
"an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, prompt, spry, speedy, ready, agile, nimble, flying, contiguousAntonyms:
unexcitable, slow, unhurried, unintelligent, stupid, inactivequick, warmadverb
easily aroused or excited
"a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
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ready, tender, straightaway, fond, prompt, speedy, fast, ardent, warm, lovesome, spry, agile, flying, strong, affectionate, immediate, nimbleAntonyms:
unhurried, unexcitable, unintelligent, slow, stupid, inactivepromptly, quickly, quickadverb
with little or no delay
"the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"
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rapidly, pronto, chop-chop, speedily, cursorily, readily, right away, quickly, apace, promptlyAntonyms:
stupid, slow, unhurried, unexcitable, unintelligent, inactive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
quickadjective
quickadjective
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rapid, swift, speedy, fleet, hasty, expeditious, hurried, flyingquickadjective
quickadjective
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acute, clever, sharp, shrewd, keen, intelligent, sagacious, discerningquickadjective
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hasty, choleric, passionate, testy, irritable, touchy, waspish, petulant, irascible, peppery, snappishquickadjective
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#801 | early | |
#852 | fast | |
#934 | quick | |
#954 | active | |
#1052 | soon | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1854 | firm | |
#2018 | quickly | |
#2436 | brief | |
#2450 | alert | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3122 | immediate | |
#3359 | warm | |
#3809 | rapid | |
#3992 | flying | |
#4087 | busy | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#5427 | rapidly | |
#6013 | fleet | |
#6362 | timely | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#6740 | tender | |
#7964 | rapids | |
#8172 | readily | |
#9077 | swift | |
#9217 | keen | |
#9246 | sticky | |
#9668 | promptly | |
#10247 | clever | |
#10773 | loyal | |
#12285 | lively | |
#12483 | hurry | |
#12548 | transient | |
#12984 | fond | |
#14373 | energetic | |
#14681 | contiguous | |
#14815 | speedy | |
#18495 | restless | |
#18644 | agile | |
#19156 | vigorous | |
#22311 | degraded | |
#22977 | swiftly | |
#29320 | degenerate | |
#29634 | supple | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#30531 | pronto | |
#30597 | diligent | |
#31151 | bustling | |
#32023 | affectionate | |
#32405 | hasty | |
#33982 | ardent | |
#40249 | speedily | |
#44318 | shrewd | |
#44422 | nimble | |
#44884 | expeditious | |
#46430 | dissipated | |
#49177 | expeditiously | |
#52872 | industrious | |
#60482 | immobile | |
#61557 | libertine | |
#64017 | spry | |
#70664 | adroit | |
#77569 | apace | |
#83140 | riotous | |
#86275 | straightaway | |
#91697 | sprightly | |
#107022 | profligate | |
#111537 | dissolute | |
#116184 | irascible | |
#131319 | officious | |
#142509 | debauched | |
#271804 | cursorily |
How to use quick in a sentence?
I heard a loud bang and then felt a burning sensation in my arm and fell to the ground, before I could look at my wound I did a quick check of the perimeter and I saw nothing.
A peach [ that ] is good today is not good tomorrow. That's how quick things ripen.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly:
The quick response and combined efforts of FCSO deputies, Crisis Negotiations, Communications Center, Fire Rescue, and the deputies holding the juvenile’s hand saved a life today, their training in de-escalation techniques and being able to talk to someone who’s threatening to take their life is remarkable.
Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images:
She was just a natural at a lot of this stuff. She was very coordinated and a quick study.
William F. Buckley Jr., "The Wit and Wisdom of Vlad the Impaler":
Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman.
Translations for quick
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- سَريع, سريعArabic
- тиҙ, шәпBashkir
- хуткіBelarusian
- бързBulgarian
- corrents, carn vivaCatalan, Valencian
- rychlýCzech
- bywWelsh
- kvik, hurtigDanish
- schnell, schnell von Begriff, geschwind, quicklebendig, rasch, NagelbettGerman
- γρήγορα, γρήγοροςGreek
- rápido, carne vivaSpanish
- nobeEstonian
- فرزPersian
- äkkipikainen, nopea, vikkelä, elävä, sukkela, nopeaälyinen, nokkela, virtaava, pikainen, herkästi syttyvä, nopeastiFinnish
- rapide, animé, vivantFrench
- luath, tráthúil, beoIrish
- gradScottish Gaelic
- gyors, eleven, lobbanékony, friss, élénk, hirtelen, eszesHungarian
- արագArmenian
- rapideInterlingua
- fljóturIcelandic
- rapidoItalian
- 速い, 早いJapanese
- სწრაფიGeorgian
- ತ್ವರಿತKannada
- 빠르다, 빠른Korean
- گورجKurdish
- rapidus, quickLatin
- knašs, nasks, žigls, straujš, ātrs, ašsLatvian
- брз, досетлив, бистар, жив, остроуменMacedonian
- haastig, snel, rap, vlug, levend vleesDutch
- kvikk, rask, frisk og raskNorwegian
- szybkiPolish
- ligeiro, célere, rápido, velozPortuguese
- rapid, aprig, iute, energic, repede, ager, înfocat, violent, vioi, învăpăiat, sprinten, vioaieRomanian
- быстрый, живой, проворный, вспыльчивый, скорый, бы́строRussian
- брз, brzSerbo-Croatian
- rýchlySlovak
- hiterSlovene
- kvick, snabb, ilsken, rapp, lättretlig, ilsk, hastig, snabbt, fortSwedish
- விரைவானTamil
- швидкий, скорийUkrainian
- nhanhVietnamese
- 快的Chinese
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