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alacrity - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | alacrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; promptness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, avidity, cheerfulness, dispatch, eagerness, enthusiasm, expedition, fervor, gaiety, hilarity, quickness, readiness, speed, willingness, zeal, briskness, joyousness, promptitude, sprightliness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, indifference, reluctance, slowness, unwillingness |
| Main Entry: | agility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental nimbleness, deftness |
| Synonyms: | activity, acuteness, adroitness, alacrity, alertness, celerity, cleverness, dexterity, dispatch, expedition, liveliness, promptness, quickness, swiftness, briskness, fleetness, friskiness, litheness, promptitude, quickwittedness, sharpness, sprightliness, spryness, suppleness |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, stiffness |
| Main Entry: | celerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swiftness |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, dispatch, expedition, gait, haste, hurry, hustle, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, swiftness, velocity, vivacity, briskness, expeditiousness, fleetness, legerity, speediness |
| Antonyms: | slowness, sluggishness |
| Main Entry: | eagerness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm, anxiousness |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, ambition, anticipation, ardor, avidity, earnestness, excitement, fervor, gusto, hunger, impatience, keenness, longing, promptness, quickness, solicitude, thirst, vehemence, voracity, yearning, zeal, zest, zing*, greediness, heartiness, impetuosity, intentness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme speed, hurry |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, flurry, hurly-burly*, hustle, hustling, impatience, nimbleness, pace, press, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, swiftness, urgency, velocity, briskness, expeditiousness, fleetness, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurriedness, impetuosity, incautiousness, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, promptitude, rapidness |
| Notes: | haste is overly eager speed while hasten is to act or move at high speed |
| Antonyms: | delay, leisure, rest, slowness, lingering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rapidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quickness |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, alacrity, bat, celerity, dispatch, expedition, gait, haste, hurry, pace, promptness, rush, speed, swiftness, velocity, briskness, fleetness, precipitateness, promptitude, rapidness, speediness |
| Antonyms: | slowness, languidity |
| Main Entry: | readiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill; eagerness |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, alacrity, dexterity, dispatch, ease, eloquence, expedition, facility, fitness, fluency, good will, inclination, keenness, maturity, preparation, preparedness, promptness, prowess, quickness, rapidity, sleight, willingness, aptness, deftness, expedience, handiness, promptitude, ripeness, volubility |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, unpreparedness |
| Main Entry: | speed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rate of motion, often a high rate |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, activity, agility, alacrity, breeze, celerity, clip, dispatch, eagerness, expedition, gait, haste, headway, hurry, hustle, lick, liveliness, momentum, pace, precipitation, promptness, quickness, rapidity, readiness, rush, rustle, snap, steam, swiftness, urgency, velocity, briskness, fleetness, legerity, precipitancy, promptitude, rapidness |
| Main Entry: | zeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, ardor, bustle, determination, devotion, diligence, dispatch, drive, eagerness, earnestness, enterprise, fanaticism, fervor, fire, gusto, hustle, inclination, initiative, intensity, keenness, mania, passion, perseverance, push, readiness, sincerity, spirit, urgency, vehemence, verve, warmth, yen, zest, fierceness, intentness, stick-to-itiveness, what-it-takes |
| Antonyms: | apathy, indifference, lethargy |
| Main Entry: | swiftness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acceleration |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, celerity, quickness, rapidity, speed, velocity, briskness, speediness |
| Main Entry: | willingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | readiness |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, compliance, consent, eagerness, enthusiasm, zeal |
| Antonyms: | aversion |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, game, happening, haste, hoopla*, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket*, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, ballgame, big idea, functioning, going, hopper, in the works |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed in carrying out action |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, celerity, expedition, haste, hurry, hustle, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rustle, swiftness, expeditiousness, precipitateness, promptitude, speediness |
| Antonyms: | retention, slowing |
| Main Entry: | expedition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed; speeding up |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, celerity, dispatch, goodwill, haste, hurry, hustle, promptness, punctuality, quickness, rapidity, readiness, swiftness, expeditiousness, promptitude |
| Antonyms: | delay, halt, hindrance, stoppage, blockage, slowing |
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