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What is the adjective for speed?

What's the adjective for speed? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs speed, speedread and speedy which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

speeding
  1. Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
  2. Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).
  3. Under the influence of the drug speed; high on amphetamines.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. fast, rapid, speedy, flying, hurtling, moving, fast-moving, swift, fleet, nimble, zippy, quick, nippy, fleet-footed, lightning, breakneck, brisk, hasty, snappy, blistering, high-speed, rapid-fire, rattling, sprightly, supersonic, whirlwind, galloping, express, accelerated, dizzy, lively, expeditious, volant, harefooted, expeditive, hot, breathless, splitting, active, fleet of foot, turbo, meteoric, agile, spirited, hurried, spry, ultrasonic, flat-out, velocious, mercurial … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “I had meant to be on time, but as I was walking from Piccadilly tube station, I got knocked to the ground by a speeding rollerblader.”
speedful
  1. (archaic) Successful; prosperous.
  2. (archaic) Effectual; efficient.
  3. (nonstandard) Full of speed; hasty; fast.
speedless
  1. (archaic) Lacking success or prosperity; not prosperous; unfortunate; unsuccessful.
  2. Without speed; slow; sluggish.
  3. Examples:
      4. “Stays but is basically speedless so he would want quagmire like conditions to take a hand again.”
      “Stays but is speedless so he would want quagmire-like conditions to do well.”
speeded
  1. (test) Measured in terms of speed.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. speeded up, accelerated, hastened, quicker, faster, fast-tracked, hurried up, quickened up, sudden, abrupt, unexpected, unforeseen, swift, unanticipated, quick, rapid, hasty, hurried, immediate, instant, instantaneous, sharp, impetuous, impulsive, lightning, precipitate, precipitous, rash, acute, expeditious, fast, fleet, headlong, impromptu, precipitant, quickened, rushing, spasmodic, speedy, explosive, steep, unusual, without notice, without warning, out of the blue, unlooked-for, without delay, not bargained for … more
speedy
  1. rapid; swift
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fast, rapid, quick, swift, brisk, hasty, breakneck, nippy, lightning, snappy, zippy, flying, blistering, galloping, whirlwind, rattling, dizzy, hot, breathless, splitting, fleet-footed, rapid-fire, fleet, expeditious, prompt, instant, express, immediate, accelerated, nimble, meteoric, sudden, hurried, alacritous, fast-moving, lively, instantaneous, high-speed, sprightly, rathe, mercurial, abrupt, precipitate, expeditive, timely, active, overnight, direct, spirited, fast-track … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The carpenter shop, however, continues to work at a speedy rate in order to provide all the cooperatives with a sufficient number of boxes.”
      “They are here to provide a speedy response to problems and difficulties encountered by those involved in the program.”
      “What the shipper of livestock wants is a speedy train, because he is up against a limitation of hours.”
speedier
  1. comparative form of speedy: more speedy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. faster, quicker, swifter, brisker, hastier, nippier, snappier, zippier, dizzier, hotter, more rapid, more breakneck, more blistering, more rattling, more breathless, more splitting, more rapid-fire, fleeter, more expeditious, more prompt, more hurried, more sudden, more immediate, more express, more accelerated, more precipitate, more meteoric, more abrupt, more alacritous, nimbler, livelier, more headlong, more high-speed, sprightlier, more rushed, more cursory, timelier, more mercurial, more rathe, rasher, more expeditive, directer, more spirited, more active, sharper, more energetic, more precipitant, more perfunctory, more vigorous, more fleeting … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Whitney's company owned 8,000 horses and badly wanted a better, and speedier, form of motive power.”
      “It's involved in glucosamine synthesis for speedier joint repair, and it soothes aches, pains and inflammation.”
      “Furthermore, companies can charge premium prices for customers who request speedier delivery.”
speediest
  1. superlative form of speedy: most speedy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fastest, quickest, swiftest, briskest, hastiest, nippiest, snappiest, zippiest, dizziest, hottest, most rapid, most breakneck, most blistering, most rattling, most breathless, most splitting, most rapid-fire, fleetest, most expeditious, most prompt, most hurried, most sudden, most immediate, most express, most accelerated, most precipitate, most meteoric, most abrupt, most alacritous, nimblest, liveliest, most headlong, most high-speed, sprightliest, most rushed, most cursory, timeliest, most mercurial, most rathe, rashest, most expeditive, directest, most spirited, most active, sharpest, most energetic, most precipitant, most perfunctory, most vigorous, most fleeting … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It's probably aggravating that your planetary ruler is the speediest and least linear of the lot, Mercury.”
      “Aragorn's the balanced fighter, while Gimli is the most powerful and Legolas is the speediest but weakest character.”
      “The speediest growth is inland, close to parks like Joshua Tree, Sequoia and Yosemite.”
sped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of speed
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hurried, raced, rushed, careered, zoomed, hastened, flashed, ran, run, sprinted, sprant, sprunt, tore, teared, torn, dashed, bolted, galloped, hurtled, shot, shotten, buzzed, flew, flown, whirled, belted, blasted, darted, hared, scurried, streaked, whizzed, zipped, swooped, whooshed, barrelled, barreled, breezed, bustled, charged, hustled, rocketed, scooted, scudded, stampeded, swept, winged, blazed, blew, blown … more
speedread
  1. (transitive) To read quickly, usually at an accelerated rate or unusually high level of speed while maintaining complete comprehension of the material read.
speedreading
  1. present participle of speedread
speedied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of speedy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. speedy deleted, speeded up, sped up, facilitated, eased, accelerated, advanced, drove, drave, driven, druv, expedited, forwarded, furthered, hastened, hurried, impelled, promoted, quickened, rushed, smoothed, sped, speeded, spurred, stimulated, aided, assisted, enabled, encouraged, helped, holp, holpen, inspired, motivated, pushed, made easier, made easy, made smooth, made smoother, opened doors, opened the door for, smoothed the path of, smoothed the way for, assisted the progress of, fast-tracked, cleared the way for, helped along, made possible, paved the way for, ran interference for … more
speedying
  1. present participle of speedy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. speedy deleting, speeding up, facilitating, easing, accelerating, advancing, driving, expediting, forwarding, furthering, hastening, hurrying, impelling, promoting, quickening, rushing, smoothing, speeding, spurring, stimulating, aiding, assisting, enabling, encouraging, helping, inspiring, motivating, pushing, making easier, making easy, making smooth, making smoother, opening doors, opening the door for, smoothing the path of, smoothing the way for, assisting the progress of, fast-tracking, clearing the way for, helping along, making possible, paving the way for, running interference for, hand-carrying, oiling the wheels of, loosening up, precipitating, walking through, greasing the wheels … more
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