expeditious
Done without delay
Expeditious means prompt and efficient, with no wasted time or effort.
The word suggests not just speed but purposeful, well-organized action: an expeditious resolution to the dispute, The clerk processed the paperwork in an expeditious manner.
It appears most often in formal or bureaucratic contexts where swift handling matters.
Moving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
- quickMoving with speed
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- fleetVehicles under unified command
speedy · prompt · immediate · accelerated · brisk · nimble · agile · lightning
Made smooth and efficient
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- productiveGenerating useful output
- effectiveProducing intended results
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
organized · proficient · optimized · competent · meticulous · procedural · coordination · logistics
Done with excessive speed
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- hurriedDone too quickly
- abruptSharp and unexpected
impulsive · headlong · overhasty · ill-considered · cursory · perfunctory · slapdash · reckless
swift
Moving with speed
fleet · speedy · prompt · immediate · accelerated · brisk · nimble · agile · lightning · breakneck
streamlined
Made smooth and efficient
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- productiveGenerating useful output
- effectiveProducing intended results
methodical · organized · proficient · optimized · competent · meticulous · procedural · coordination · logistics · scheduling
rushed
Done with excessive speed
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- hurriedDone too quickly
abrupt · impulsive · headlong · overhasty · ill-considered · cursory · perfunctory · slapdash · reckless · heedless
expeditiousinefficient
Poor at using resources
cumbersome · unwieldy · laborious · tedious · circuitous
- Ford ExpeditionFull-size sport utility vehicle
- fishing expeditionOuting to catch aquatic creatures
- on a fishing expeditionSearching without specific target
- lost expedition
- polar expeditionJourney to Earth's ends
- scientific expeditionOrganized journey for discovery