Unscramble speed

Definition of speed

noun:

• distance travelled per unit time. Synonyms: velocity.
• a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed". Synonyms: fastness, swiftness.
• changing location rapidly. Synonyms: hurrying, speeding.
• the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system. Synonyms: f number, focal ratio, stop number.
• a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression. Synonyms: amphetamine, pep pill, upper.

verb:

• move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests", "The cars raced down the street". Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, step on it. Antonyms: linger.
• move faster; "The car accelerated". Synonyms: accelerate, quicken, speed up. Antonyms: decelerate.
• move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed". Synonyms: hurry, travel rapidly, zip.
• travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding".
• cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car". Synonyms: accelerate, speed up. Antonyms: decelerate.

Related words

acceleration, airspeed, barge, bennie, brisk, brisken, buck, c, chalk, charge, crank, dart, dash, deceleration, deoxyephedrine, flash, fleet, flit, flutter, glass, graduality, gradualness, groundspeed, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, hypervelocity, ice, meth, methamphetamine, precipitation, quickening, run, scoot, scud, scudding, shabu, shoot, speedup, steerageway, tear, trash, whizz, zoom.

Words nearby

seed, speedy, speer, spend, steed.

Rhymes with

accede, agreed, bead, bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, decreed, deed, exceed, feed, fried, gide, greed, heed, impede, indeed, intercede.