Nouns (1)
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quick
n. any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
Verbs (0)
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Adverbs (3)
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promptly, quickly, quick
adv. with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"
Adjectives (14)
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quick
adj. brought about in a short time: "a sudden cure"
quick, ready
adj. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"
flying, quick, fast
adj. hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
agile, nimble, quick, spry
adj. 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"
immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway
adj. performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
Fuzzynyms (88)
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fast
adv. quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters"
abruptly, suddenly, short, dead
adv. quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
hotfoot
adv. without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"
able, capable
adj. have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"
capable
adj. (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; "capable of winning"; "capable of hard work"; "capable of walking on two feet"
precocious
adj. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); "a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement"
witty
adj. combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"
astute, sharp, shrewd
adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
technical, expert
adj. of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood; "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language"
deft, dexterous, dextrous
adj. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"
qualified
adj. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"
imaginative, inventive
adj. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"
resourceful
adj. having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town"
casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory
adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
facile
adj. arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
haphazard, hit-or-miss
adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
impetuous
adj. marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves"
compendious, compact, succinct, summary
adj. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
superficial
adj. concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"
airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
adj. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
limber, supple
adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
limber, supple
adj. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
agile, nimble
adj. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
energetic
adj. possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"
rapid, speedy
adj. characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy"
sprightly
adj. full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a sprightly dance"
lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike
adj. moving and bending with ease
vibrant
adj. of colors that are bright and striking
vigorous
adj. characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"
full of life, lively, vital
adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"
flippant, light-minded
adj. showing inappropriate levity
casual, insouciant, nonchalant
adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
animated, alive
adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"
alive(p)
adj. (followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others"
breezy
adj. fresh and animated; "her breezy nature"
alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
adj. quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
Synonyms (56)
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abrupt
adj. exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
explosive
adj. sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh"
unexpected, unforeseen
adj. happening or coming quickly and without warning; "a sudden unexpected development"
agile, nimble
adj. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
quick-witted
adj. mentally nimble and resourceful; "quick-witted debater"; "saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact"
apprehensive, discerning, perceptive
adj. quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip
adj. having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"
bright, smart
adj. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
prehensile
adj. having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
searching, trenchant
adj. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)
adj. endowed with the capacity to reason
scintillating
adj. brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"
hasty
adj. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"
hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
adj. done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
helter-skelter, pell-mell
adj. with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"
rush(a), rushed
adj. done under pressure; "a rush job"
gymnastic
adj. of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility; "gymnastic horse"
dancing
adj. moving quickly and excitedly: "on dancing feet"
hyperactive, overactive
adj. more active than normal; "a hyperactive child"
lively
adj. characterized by energetic activity; "a lively baby"
accelerated
adj. speeded up, as of an academic course; "in an accelerated program in school"
ahead of time
adj. (of timepieces) indicating later than the correct time
blistering, hot, red-hot
adj. very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive"
double-quick
adj. (of a marching cadence) very quick
hurrying, scurrying
adj. moving with great haste; "affection for this hurrying driving...little man"; "lashed the scurrying horses"
fleet, swift
adj. moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
high-speed
adj. operating at high speed; "a high-speed food processor"; "a high-velocity shell"
high-speed, high-velocity
adj. operating at high speed; "a high-speed food processor"; "a high-velocity shell"
instantaneous, instant(a)
adj. occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"
jet-propelled
adj. propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine
meteoric
adj. like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a meteoric rise to fame"
rapid, speedy
adj. characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy"
Antonyms (11)
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gradual
adj. proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"
inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid
adj. slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
lethargic, unenrgetic
adj. deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
adj. wasting time
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