rapid
Moving with speed
Rapid means fast or happening quickly.
A rapid pulse beats faster than normal.
Rapid growth occurs over a short time.
Rapids (usually plural) are sections of a river where the current moves swiftly over rocks, creating turbulent water: We shot the rapids in a kayak.
Rapid suggests speed that may feel urgent or accelerated.
Directed rate of motion
- swiftMoving with speed
- quickMoving with speed
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
blur · zoom · dash · sprint · fleeting · supersonic · bullet · express
Excessive quickness
- hurryMove with urgency
- rushQuick sudden movement
- bustleEnergetic noisy activity
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
scramble · hustle · flurry · time-sensitive · pressing · immediate · urgent · critical
Forceful forward motion
- launchSet into motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- boostUpward push or increase
- surgeSudden powerful increase
momentum · throttle · torque · g-force · takeoff · burst · pickup · kickdown
Turbulent, aerated river flow
- currentDirected flow of charge
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- waterfallDescending river over precipice
- gorgeDeep, narrow valley
stream · channel · tributary · confluence · runoff · sediment · kayak · canoe
Arterial blood throb
- tachycardiaExcessively fast pulse
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
racing heart · flutter · arrhythmia · irregular · elevated · resting rate · monitor · stress test
Increase in scope
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- exponentialIncreasing by constant ratio
- spreadTo distribute widely
multiplication · boom · surge · snowballing · ballooning · burgeoning · meteoric · explosive
velocity
Directed rate of motion
lightning · blur · zoom · dash · sprint · fleeting · supersonic · bullet · express · streamline
haste
Excessive quickness
frenzy · scramble · hustle · flurry · time-sensitive · pressing · immediate · urgent · critical · emergency
thrust
Forceful forward motion
- launchSet into motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- boostUpward push or increase
surge · momentum · throttle · torque · g-force · takeoff · burst · pickup · kickdown · jackrabbit start
whitewater
Turbulent, aerated river flow
- currentDirected flow of charge
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- waterfallDescending river over precipice
gorge · stream · channel · tributary · confluence · runoff · sediment · kayak · canoe · portage
pulse
Arterial blood throb
- tachycardiaExcessively fast pulse
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- poundingForceful repeated striking
cardiac · racing heart · flutter · arrhythmia · irregular · elevated · resting rate · monitor · stress test · adrenaline
expansion
Increase in scope
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- exponentialIncreasing by constant ratio
spread · multiplication · boom · surge · snowballing · ballooning · burgeoning · meteoric · explosive · runaway
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- Quick wordsinstant, swift, fast, speedy, hasty
- shortshort, brief, small, little, tiny
- brief or quickbrief, quick, instant, flash, jiffy
- efficientefficient, streamlined, optimized, effective, productive
rapidgradual
Developing slowly over time
slow · incremental · progressive · measured · step-by-step
- rapid fireIn quick succession
- rapid testsFast diagnostic kits
- date rapeSexual assault by acquaintance
- rapid responseFast action to emergencies
- date rape drugSubstance enabling sexual assault
- rapid transitUrban public rail system
rape, rapidly, rapids, rapture, rapidity, raptor, rapidness, rapid transit, rapidest