| Main Entry: | nimble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dexterous, smart |
Synonyms: |
active, adept, adroit, agile, alert, bright, brisk, clever, deft, handy, light, lissome, lithe, lively, proficient, prompt, quick, quick-witted, ready, skillful, sprightly, spry, swift, vigilant, wide-awake |
Antonyms: |
awkward, clumsy, lumbering, slow, undexterous, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | active |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very involved in activity |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, bustling, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, fireball, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous |
| Notes: | active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads |
Antonyms: |
disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet |
| Main Entry: | adroit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very able or skilled |
Synonyms: |
adept, apt, artful, clean, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, expert, foxy*, good, handy, hot tamale, ingenious, masterful, neat*, nifty*, nimble, on the ball, on the beam, proficient, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, up to speed, up*, whiz*, wizard |
Antonyms: |
awkward, clumsy, dense, inept, stupid, unskilled |
| Main Entry: | brisk |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast-moving; active |
Synonyms: |
adroit, agile, alert, animated, bustling, busy, energetic, lively, nimble, quick, speedy, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vivacious, zippy |
Antonyms: |
inactive, slow, sluggish, unenergetic |
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
Synonyms: |
able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
Antonyms: |
awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
| Main Entry: | dapper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-groomed, neat |
Synonyms: |
bandbox, brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy, snug, spiff, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, trim, turned out, well turned out |
Antonyms: |
dirty, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, ungroomed, wrinkled |
| Main Entry: | deft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, clever |
Synonyms: |
able, adept, adroit, apt, crack, cute, dexterous, expert, fleet, handy, having good hands, having know-how, ingenious, neat, nimble, proficient, prompt, quick, ready, skilled, skillful |
Antonyms: |
awkward, clumsy, inept, unhandy, unskillful |
| Main Entry: | dexterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ingenious, proficient |
Synonyms: |
able, active, acute, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, canny, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, effortless, expert, facile, handy, having the know-how, masterly, neat, nimble, nimble-fingered, prompt, quick, savvy, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smooth |
Antonyms: |
awkward, clumsy, inept, inexpert, unable, unhandy, unskilled |
| Main Entry: | expeditious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immediate, speedy |
Synonyms: |
active, alert, breakneck, brisk, diligent, effective, effectual, efficient, fast, fleet, hasty, instant, nimble, prompt, punctual, quick, rapid, ready, swift |
Antonyms: |
pokey, retarded, slow |
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | speedy |
Synonyms: |
PDQ, accelerated, active, agile, blue streak, breakneck, brisk, chop-chop, dashing, double-time, electric, expeditious, expeditive, flashing, fleet, fleeting, flying, hairtrigger, hasty, hot, hurried, hypersonic, in a jiffy, in nothing flat, lickety split, like a bat out of hell, like all get out, like crazy, like mad, nimble, on the double, posthaste, presto, pronto, quick, racing, rapid, ready, screamin', snap*, snappy, speedball, supersonic, swift, velocious, winged |
Antonyms: |
plodding, slow, tardy, unhurried |