Antonyms for rapid
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rap-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp ɪd |
Definition of rapid
Origin :- 1630s, "moving quickly," from French rapide (17c.) and directly from Latin rapidus "hasty, swift, rapid; snatching; fierce, impetuous," from rapere "hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder," from PIE root *rep- "to snatch" (cf. Greek ereptomai "devour," harpazein "snatch away," Lithuanian raples "tongs"). Meaning "happening in a short time" is from 1780. Related: Rapidly; rapidness. Rapid-transit first attested 1852, in reference to street railways; rapid eye movement is from 1906.
- adj very quick
- A rapid walk soon restored the maidens to their own peaceful homes.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- They were on the bank of a stream of some width, and apparently a deep and rapid one.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- We regret that his tours are so rapid, and his journals so brief.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- She heard him speaking in a voice not louder than a whisper, rapid, distinct.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The way was open; the access was free; the progress as rapid as thought could make it.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Harriet's climbing was not so rapid as to make her dizzy; but business was coming.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The march of events was rapid even for him, who was not slow in anything he undertook.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The bitter thoughts poured out of his mind in a rapid flood.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- From this time my progress towards complete recovery was rapid.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- He was sanguine in all his hopes, and rapid, but not unthinking, in all his decisions.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Synonyms for rapid
- accelerated
- active
- agile
- breakneck
- brisk
- double time
- expeditious
- expeditive
- express
- fast
- fleet
- fleet of foot
- flying
- hasty
- hurried
- in nothing flat
- light-footed
- like a house on fire
- lively
- mercurial
- nimble
- on the double
- precipitate
- prompt
- quick as a wink
- quickened
- ready
- really rolling
- screaming
- speedy
- spry
- swift
- winged
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