I. noun
1.
Synonyms: haste 1, celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, hurry, hustle, rustle, speediness, swiftness
Related Word: alacrity, legerity; headway
Contrasted words: dilatoriness, tardiness
2.
rate of movement, performance, or occurrence
ran through the exercise at a high speed
Synonyms: ||bat, celerity, gait, pace, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, swiftness, velocity; compare tempo
Related Word: fastness, fleetness; clip, hickory
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: hurry 2, barrel, bucket, fly, hasten, highball, hustle, run, rush, whiz
Idioms: make haste
Antonyms: slow (up or down)
2.
Synonyms: course , career, chase, race, rush, tear
3.
to cause to move fast or faster
sped our craft forward
Synonyms: accelerate, hasten, hurry, quicken, shake up, step up, swiften
Related Word: advance, aid, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate, forward, further, help (along), smooth; cheer (on), drive (on), goad (on), spur (on); burn (up)
Idioms: ||get the lead out
Contrasted words: hamper, restrain, retard; check, stay; delay, postpone, put off
Antonyms: slow (up or down)