Synonyms of swiftness

swiftness

noun

ˈswif(t)-nəs 

as in speed

a high rate of movement or performance

with amazing swiftness, the airline agent got our ticket changed, and we boarded the plane just as it was about to leave

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of swiftness

In her cover shot, her swiftness on the court comes to life through a gravity-defying hair plait: equal parts fierce and glamourous. —Colette Earley, refinery29.com, 20 Jan. 2024

That lethal swiftness of gun suicides is why the Medical College of Wisconsin is facilitating a program that literally puts safer gun ownership on the map. —Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024

The athletic swiftness of the undead sets the pace of this opening descent into Hell on Earth. —A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024

The postseason, however, can slap you in the face with the swiftness in which a season of success gets stopped in its tracks. —Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024