English word
Quick
Definitions
adjective
- acting or capable of acting with speed: such as
- having a sharp angle
- not dead : living, alive
- moving, shifting
- not stagnant : running, flowingarchaic
- fiery, glowingarchaic
- pregnantarchaic
- pungent
- caustic
- fast in development or occurrence
- done or taking place with rapidity
- fast in understanding, thinking, or learning : mentally agile
- reacting to stimuli with speed and keen sensitivity
- aroused immediately and intensely
- marked by speed, readiness, or promptness of physical movement
- inclined to hastiness (as in action or response)
- capable of being easily and speedily prepared
Synonyms for quick
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Synonyms by context
Lasting or taking a short time
adjective
- brief
- hurried
- cursory
- fleeting
- passing
- perfunctory
- summary
- desultory
Occurring immediately or suddenly within a short time or period
adjective
- immediate
- instant
- instantaneous
- meteoric
- sudden
- abrupt
- overnight
At a very fast speed
adverb
- promptly
- soon
- posthaste
- post-haste
- quickly
- rapidly
- snappily
- speedily
- swiftly
Call to move quickly
interjection
- hurry
- faster
- hurry up
- move it
- come on
- get a move on
- get going
- now
- step on it
The chest or heart as the seat of one's emotions
noun
- bosom
- heart
- soul
- core
- bones
- gut
- belly
- heartstrings
- breast
- blood
The essential part of something
noun
- marrow
- essence
- kernel
- substance
- pith
- gist
- nucleus
- nub
The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal
noun
- nailbed
- lunula
- nail matrix
- subungual area
Antonyms for quick
- listless
- languid
- crawling
- leisurely
- lackadaisical
- dawdling
- dilatory
- laggy
- plodding
Opposite of moving or progressing at a fast rate or speed
- slow
- languid
- crawling
- labored
- laboured
- lackadaisical
- lethargic
- sluggish
- dawdling
- dilatory
Opposite of lasting or taking a short time
- long
- time-consuming
- considerable
- protracted
- extended
- lengthy
- prolonged
- tedious
- enduring
- extensive
Opposite of occurring immediately or suddenly within a short time or period
Opposite of at a very fast speed
- deliberately
- slowly
- leisurely
- lento
- composedly
- easily
- gently
- steadily
- unhurriedly
Opposite of immediately, in a prompt manner
- late
- later
- belatedly
- delinquently
- dilatorily
- tardily
- behindhand
- unpunctually
- after hours
Opposite of the chest or heart as the seat of one's emotions
- exterior
- exteriority
- outside
- surface
- body
- physicality
Phrases
- behind schedule
- dangerously fast
- double time
- extremely fast
- extremely slow
- fast and furious
- fleet of foot
- held up
- lightning fast
- like crazy
- like lightning
- like mad
- like the wind
- pushed back
- sped up
- swift as an arrow
- thought out
- with good acceleration