Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
Synonyms for quick
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kwik |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for quick Other synonyms for the word quick
- a move on
- accelerated
- acute
- adept
- adroit
- alert
- all there
- animated
- apt
- ASAP
- astute
- breakneck
- bright
- canny
- capable
- clever
- competent
- curt
- dexterous
- discerning
- double time
- effectual
- expeditious
- expeditive
- express
- fleet
- flying
- going
- harefooted
- hasty
- headlong
- hurried
- immediate
- impatient
- impetuous
- instantaneous
- intelligent
- keen
- knowing
- lively
- mercurial
- move it
- nimble
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- on the double
- perceptive
- perfunctory
- perspicacious
- posthaste
- prompt
- pronto
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- quick-witted
- rapid
- ready
- receptive
- savvy
- sharp
- sharp as a tack
- shrewd
- skillful
- slick
- smart as a whip
- snappy
- spirited
- sprightly
- spry
- sudden
- swift
- the lead out
- vigorous
- whiz
- winged
- wired
- wise
Définition of quick
Origin :- Old English cwic "living, alive, animate," and figuratively, of mental qualities, "rapid, ready," from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian quik, Old Norse kvikr "living, alive," Dutch kwik "lively, bright, sprightly," Old High German quec "lively," German keck "bold"), from PIE root *gweie- "to live" (see bio-). Sense of "lively, swift" developed by late 12c., on notion of "full of life."
- NE swift or the now more common fast may apply to rapid motion of any duration, while in quick (in accordance with its original sense of 'live, lively') there is a notion of 'sudden' or 'soon over.' We speak of a fast horse or runner in a race, a quick starter but not a quick horse. A somewhat similar feeling may distinguish NHG schnell and rasch or it may be more a matter of local preference. [Buck]
- Of persons, "mentally active," from late 15c. Also in Middle English used of soft soils, gravel pits, etc. where the ground is shifting and yielding (mid-14c., cf. quicksand). As an adverb from c.1300. To be quick about something is from 1937. Quick buck is from 1946, American English. Quick-change artist (1886) originally was an actor expert in playing different roles in the same performance of a show. Quick-witted is from 1520s.
- adj fast, speedy
- adj smart
- Obeying a quick impulse, Percival stepped to the curb as she came opposite to him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Hipparete blushed, and with a quick and nervous motion touched her cithara.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Suddenly Eucoline touched my arm with a quick and timid motion.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He's not so large or tall, but quick and springy, and muscled like a panther.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He took two quick steps forward and grasped one of her wrists.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "Don't come this way," she called back, in quick, low tones of caution.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "That's right," said Billy Brue, with the quick sympathy of the experienced.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But how wonderful and quick my touch has got, and how kind is heaven there, sir!
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The action is as quick as thought, and thought is as quick as lightning.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- She had some things to trouble her, but none of them had touched the quick of her being.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Antonyms for quick
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019