like the wind
At great speed
Like the wind means very fast, with the speed and freedom of moving air.
The phrase typically describes rapid movement: She ran like the wind to catch the bus.
It can also suggest effortlessness or grace alongside speed: The horse galloped like the wind across the open field.
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
- racingSpeed competition sport
- quick as lightningExtremely rapid pace
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
rush · zip · transient · vanish into thin air · swift · full tilt · in a flash · rapid · whoosh · intangible · sweep · ethereal · elusive · light as a feather · breeze · blowing · ghostly · brisk
- Speed Expressionsin a flash, quick as a flash, in no time, lickety-split, lickety split
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
speed/velocity
like the windat a snail's pace
sluggishly · slowly · plodding · leisurely · unhurriedly
effortlessness/ease of movement
like the windlaboriously
With strenuous effort
with great effort · struggling · slogging · trudging · lumbering
like, wind, likely, unlike, liking, winding, liked, likelihood, likes