Thesaurus:speed

Thesaurus

speed

English

Noun

Sense: rate of change of position in time

Synonyms

• speed
• velocity

Classes

• physical property    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• average speed
• instantaneous speed
• ground speed
• airspeed

Various

Related speed

• angular velocity

Related properties

• acceleration
• deceleration

Adjectives, adverbs and verbs describing speed

• fast
• speedy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• slow    [⇒ thesaurus]
• quickly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• slowly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• move quickly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• move slowly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Animals noted for speed

• cheetah
• snail

Physical phenomena noted for speed

• lightning
• glacier

Further reading

• “speed” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "speed" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• Speed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fastest animals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia