fastest
Leads the race
Fastest is the superlative of fast—the most rapid among a group: She's the fastest runner on the team, the fastest route to the airport.
It applies to speed in any domain: the fastest-growing economy, the fastest computer on the market.
In informal speech, fastest sometimes emphasizes immediacy rather than literal speed: What's the fastest way to fix this?
Rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- machAirspeed-to-soundspeed ratio
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
hypersonic · sonic · subsonic · transonic · warp-speed · SR-71 · cheetah · peregrine
Brief maximum-speed effort
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- heatTransferred thermal energy
record-breaking · personal-best · pace · clock · stopwatch · track · drag-racing · downhill
Done with excessive speed
- hurriedDone too quickly
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- scrambleMix into disorder
deadline · crunch · last-minute · eleventh-hour · dash · sprint · hustle · time-sensitive
Moving with speed
- swiftMoving with speed
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- agileLimber and quick-moving
sprightly · light-footed · reflexes · responsive · snappy · spry · deft · sharp
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- productivityOutput relative to input
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- throughputProcessing rate over time
processing · latency · bandwidth · rendering · computation · execution · algorithm · shortcut
speed
Rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- machAirspeed-to-soundspeed ratio
supersonic · hypersonic · sonic · subsonic · transonic · warp-speed · SR-71 · cheetah · peregrine · quicksilver
sprint
Brief maximum-speed effort
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
heat · record-breaking · personal-best · pace · clock · stopwatch · track · drag-racing · downhill · velodrome
rushed
Done with excessive speed
scramble · deadline · crunch · last-minute · eleventh-hour · dash · sprint · hustle · time-sensitive · urgent
quick
Moving with speed
agile · sprightly · light-footed · reflexes · responsive · snappy · spry · deft · sharp · alert
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- productivityOutput relative to input
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
throughput · processing · latency · bandwidth · rendering · computation · execution · algorithm · shortcut · express
- go fasterIncrease velocity
- fastest carSwiftest motor vehicle
- fastest routeMost time-efficient path
- fastest runnerSpeediest racer on foot
- fastest timeQuickest recorded duration
- fastest lapQuickest completed circuit
unfasten, faster, unfastened, fasted, unfastens, unfastening