Synonyms of rapidity

rapidity

noun

rə-ˈpi-də-tē 

as in velocity

a high rate of movement or performance

the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• velocity
• speed
• rate
• swiftness
• hurry
• quickness
• celerity
• pace
• rapidness
• haste
• speediness
• acceleration
• fleetness
• fastness
• tempo
• gait
• promptness
• alacrity
• clip
• promptitude
• precipitation
• expedition
• rush
• hustle
• hastiness
• dispatch
• drive
• precipitousness
• expeditiousness
• warp speed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowness
• sluggishness
• lethargy
• reluctance
• languor
• torpidity
• torpor
• deliberation
• languidness
• deliberateness
• leisureliness
• lateness
• dilatoriness
• procrastination
• pokiness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of rapidity

The rapidity with which her end nears is approached with big feelings, but also lots of belly laughs through a score packed with wit and wisdom. —David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024

Having to react simultaneously to the rapidity of change in the industry with the frustrations of a slow process. —Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024

Anger, moving through multiple levels of fiction and documentary with a vertiginous rapidity, turns a story about process into a new cinematic process in itself. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024

The two live cuts from 1965, on which Bell is accompanied by the bassist Larry Gales and the drummer Ben Riley—both members of Thelonious Monk’s quartet—reflect a darkly moody fervor roiling its surfaces and feature passages of nerve-fraying rapidity. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024