Synonyms for quick
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1. quickadjective

   raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

   Synonyms:
   rapid, swift, speedy, fast

   Antonyms:
   slow

2. quickadjective

   Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

   That was a quick meal.

   Synonyms:
   speedy, rapid, fast, swift

3. quickadjective

   Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

   You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.

   Synonyms:
   speedy, rapid, swift, fast

4. quickadjective

   Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

   My father is old but he still has a quick wit.

   Synonyms:
   fast, rapid, speedy, swift

5. quickadjective

   Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

   Synonyms:
   rapid, speedy, swift, fast

6. quickadjective

   Alive, living.

   Synonyms:
   fast, speedy, rapid, swift

7. quickadjective

   Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

   She was quick with child.

   Synonyms:
   speedy, rapid, fast, swift

8. quickadjective

   Of water: flowing.

   Synonyms:
   fast, swift, rapid, speedy

9. quickadjective

   Burning, flammable, fiery.

   Synonyms:
   speedy, swift, rapid, fast

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1. quick

   Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.

   Synonyms:
   active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, ready, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awake

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

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1. quick

   Synonyms:
   fast, rapid, speedy, expeditious, swift, hasty, prompt, ready, clever, sharp, shrewd, adroit, keen, fleet, active, brisk, nimble, lively, agile, alert, sprightly, transient, intelligent, irascible

   Antonyms:
   slow, tardy, sluggish, inert, inactive, dull, insensitive

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1. quickadjective

   any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

   Antonyms:
   inactive, unexcitable, unhurried, slow, unintelligent, stupid

2. quick, speedyadjective

   accomplished rapidly and without delay

   "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"

   Synonyms:
   immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flying, rapid

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, slow, stupid, unexcitable, inactive, unintelligent

3. flying, quick, fastadjective

   hurried and brief

   "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

   Synonyms:
   ready, flying, profligate, straightaway, debauched, riotous, prompt, speedy, fast, dissolute, libertine, truehearted, warm, immobile, loyal, degraded, agile, fast(a), fast-flying, firm, dissipated, spry, degenerate, immediate, nimble

   Antonyms:
   slow, unhurried, unintelligent, stupid, unexcitable, inactive

4. agile, nimble, quick, spryadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flying

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, inactive, unintelligent, slow, unexcitable, stupid

5. quick, readyadjective

   apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

   "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"

   Synonyms:
   immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, ready, agile, nimble, prompt, flying, ready(a)

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, unintelligent, unexcitable, slow, stupid, inactive

6. immediate, prompt, quick, straightawayadjective

   performed with little or no delay

   "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"

   Synonyms:
   immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, prompt, spry, speedy, ready, agile, nimble, flying, contiguous

   Antonyms:
   unexcitable, slow, unhurried, unintelligent, stupid, inactive

7. quick, warmadverb

   easily aroused or excited

   "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"

   Synonyms:
   ready, tender, straightaway, fond, prompt, speedy, fast, ardent, warm, lovesome, spry, agile, flying, strong, affectionate, immediate, nimble

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, unexcitable, unintelligent, slow, stupid, inactive

8. promptly, quickly, quickadverb

   with little or no delay

   "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

   Synonyms:
   rapidly, pronto, chop-chop, speedily, cursorily, readily, right away, quickly, apace, promptly

   Antonyms:
   stupid, slow, unhurried, unexcitable, unintelligent, inactive

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quickadjective

   Synonyms:
   active, nimble, agile, alert, brisk, prompt, ready

2. quickadjective

   Synonyms:
   rapid, swift, speedy, fleet, hasty, expeditious, hurried, flying

3. quickadjective

   Synonyms:
   dexterous, adroit, skilful, expert, apt

4. quickadjective

   Synonyms:
   acute, clever, sharp, shrewd, keen, intelligent, sagacious, discerning

5. quickadjective

   Synonyms:
   hasty, choleric, passionate, testy, irritable, touchy, waspish, petulant, irascible, peppery, snappish

6. quickadjective

   Synonyms:
   QUICKLY

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1. quickadjective

   Synonyms:
   hasty, swift, fast, speedy, fleet, hurried, rapid, expeditious, living, animate, live, animated, sprightly, lively, spirited, agile, brisk, nimble, prompt, deft, irascible, passionate, choleric, excitable, hasty, sharp, summary

   Antonyms:
   slow, dilatory, sluggish

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1. List of paraphrases for "quick":

   rapid, fast, quickly, rapidly, speedy, swift, prompt, expeditious, hurry, rapids, swiftly, timely, soon, early, promptly, brief, sticky, expeditiously, speedily, fast-track, short

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1. Blake Sheltonhad:

   I'm just gonna make this really quick because everything I say is going to end up in the tabloids and it doesn’t even matter what I say, it will, i didn’t hear two names I felt like we left out today, and one isGwen Sebastian, who is my duet partner on ‘My Eyes,’ and the other isAshley Monroe, who is my duet partner on ‘Lonely Tonight.’.

2. Rosie Day:

   I was surprised by how quick he was. It was really impressive how fast he came in and the agility of his movements, he was very smooth.

3. Peter Wooders:

   The overall direction of travel has got to be a quick move away from subsidies, this isn't something we want to be talking about in 10 years, and ideally not something we want to be talking about in five years.

4. Chicago Cubs:

   I threw the ball well, but those guys played well behind me, too, it went by so quick. It feels like that could have been just five innings the way it kind of played out. My stuff was good as well as my command of the ball.

5. Michelle Young:

   With that kind of camera, you can take quick photos in rapid succession, so I ended up making this stop action movie of the whole evening, from start to finish, a lot of that footage was just taken along the Seine, with the lights of Paris. And so even if he was unintentionally on a date, it was still a magical introduction to France.