| Main Entry: | quickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swiftness |
Synonyms: |
agility, celerity, fleetness, haste, speed |
| Main Entry: | quickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed |
Synonyms: |
acumen, agility, alacrity, briskness, celerity, dexterity, dispatch, expedition, facility, fleetness, haste, pace, rapidity, velocity |
Antonyms: |
slowness |
| Main Entry: | agility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental nimbleness, deftness |
Synonyms: |
activity, acuteness, adroitness, alacrity, alertness, briskness, celerity, cleverness, dexterity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, friskiness, litheness, liveliness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, quickwittedness, sharpness, sprightliness, spryness, suppleness, swiftness |
Antonyms: |
clumsiness, stiffness |
| Main Entry: | alacrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; promptness |
Synonyms: |
alertness, avidity, briskness, cheerfulness, dispatch, eagerness, enthusiasm, expedition, fervor, gaiety, hilarity, joyousness, promptitude, quickness, readiness, speed, sprightliness, willingness, zeal |
Antonyms: |
apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, indifference, reluctance, slowness, unwillingness |
| Main Entry: | celerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swiftness |
Synonyms: |
alacrity, briskness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, gait, haste, hurry, hustle, legerity, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity, vivacity |
Antonyms: |
slowness, sluggishness |
| Main Entry: | cleverness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, ingenuity |
Synonyms: |
ability, adroitness, astuteness, brains, calculation, canniness, dexterity, discernment, flair, gift, gumption, intelligence, quick wit, quickness, resourcefulness, sagacity, sense, sharpness, shrewdness, skill, smartness, talent, wisdom, wit |
Antonyms: |
foolishness, ignorance, naievety, senselessness, stupidity |
| Main Entry: | diligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance in carrying out action |
Synonyms: |
activity, alertness, application, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attentiveness, briskness, care, carefulness, constancy, earnestness, exertion, heed, heedfulness, industry, intensity, intent, intentness, keenness, laboriousness, pertinacity, quickness, sedulousness, vigor |
Antonyms: |
inactivity, indifference, laziness, lethargy, neglect |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed in carrying out action |
Synonyms: |
alacrity, celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, haste, hurry, hustle, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rustle, speediness, swiftness |
Antonyms: |
retention, slowing |
| Main Entry: | eagerness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm, anxiousness |
Synonyms: |
alacrity, ambition, anticipation, ardor, avidity, earnestness, excitement, fervor, greediness, gusto, heartiness, hunger, impatience, impetuosity, intentness, keenness, longing, promptness, quickness, solicitude, thirst, vehemence, voracity, yearning, zeal, zest, zing |
Antonyms: |
apathy, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facility, freedom |
Synonyms: |
adroitness, affability, aplomb, breeze, child's play, cinch, cleverness, composure, dexterity, dispatch, duck soup, easygoingness, efficiency, effortlessness, expertise, expertness, familiarity, flexibility, fluency, informality, insouciance, knack, liberty, naturalness, nonchalance, poise, pushover, quickness, readiness, relaxedness, setup, simplicity, skillfulness, smooth sailing, smoothness, snap, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unreservedness |
Antonyms: |
difficulty, effort, inhibition, perplexity, restriction |