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The Meaning of speed

  • (n.) Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
  • (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
  • (n.) To go; to fare.
  • (n.) To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
  • (n.) To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
  • (n.) To make haste; to move with celerity.
  • (n.) To be expedient.
  • (v. t.) To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.
  • (v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
  • (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
  • (v. t.) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
  • (v. t.) To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.

Synonyms

velocity , swiftness , fastness , speeding , hurrying , focal ratio , f number , stop number , amphetamine , pep pill , upper , rush , hotfoot , hasten , hie , race , pelt along , rush along , cannonball along , bucket along , belt along , step on it , accelerate , speed up , quicken , travel rapidly , hurry , zip , accelerate , speed up

Antonyms

linger , decelerate , decelerate

Rhymes

accede , agreed , aidid , airspeed , alwaleed , aniseed , appleseed , aristede , aristide , bead , bede , beede , bleed , brede , breed , cede , centipede , concede , cottonseed , creed , decreed , dede , deed , degreed , disagreed , duckweed , ede , exceed , fede , feed , fireweed , flaxseed , frede , freed , freid , fried , friede , gaede , ganymede , gilead , glede , gleed , greed , guaranteed , hamid , heed , impede , inbreed , indeed , intercede , keyed , knead , kneed , laclede , lead , leed , linseed , lipide , mead , meade , milkweed , misdeed , mislead , misread , need , nied , nosebleed , oilseed , peed , pitied , plead , pokeweed , precede , proceed , proofread , prophesied , ragweed , rapeseed , rasheed , rashid , read , recede , reed , reid , reread , reseed , ried , riede , schmead , screed , seaweed , secede , seed , shaheed , siegfried , sinead , skied , smead , snead , sneed , stampede , steed , streed , succeed , swede , teide , thede , thiede , tiede , treed , tweed , vahid , wahid , waleed , walid , weed , wied , wrede