warp-speed
Faster than light
Warp-speed describes velocity beyond normal limits, from the fictional faster-than-light travel in science fiction where spacecraft "warp" space itself.
Almost always figurative: The project moved forward at warp speed.
The term suggests not just fast but impossibly, thrillingly fast—speed that bends the rules.
Fictional superluminal propulsion
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- EnterpriseNamed vessel or brand
- lightspeedMaximum cosmic velocity
- FTLExceeding light speed
hyperspace · jump · wormhole · Trek · Millennium Falcon · interstellar · galaxy · spacecraft
Burning very brightly
- lightning-fastExtremely rapid
- breakneckRecklessly high speed
- rapidMoving with haste
- instantaneousHappening without any delay
supersonic · blistering · meteoric · ultrafast · turbo · accelerated · swift · zippy
Forceful interruption of process
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- startupNew business enterprise
- innovationCreating something original
- growthIncrease in size
agile · pivot · hustle · sprint · deadline · crunch · turnaround · fast-track
hyperdrive
Fictional superluminal propulsion
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- EnterpriseNamed vessel or brand
- lightspeedMaximum cosmic velocity
FTL · hyperspace · jump · wormhole · Trek · Millennium Falcon · interstellar · galaxy · spacecraft · propulsion
blazing
Burning very brightly
- lightning-fastExtremely rapid
- breakneckRecklessly high speed
- rapidMoving with haste
instantaneous · supersonic · blistering · meteoric · ultrafast · turbo · accelerated · swift · zippy · express
disruption
Forceful interruption of process
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- startupNew business enterprise
- innovationCreating something original
growth · agile · pivot · hustle · sprint · deadline · crunch · turnaround · fast-track · accelerator
warp-speedsnail's pace
Extremely slow movement
crawl · standstill · motionless · dead stop · stalled
warp-speedhorse-and-buggy
Quaintly obsolete in method
walking pace · sublight · subluminal · Newtonian physics · sailing ship
warp-speedstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
gridlock · foot-dragging · delay · paralysis · inertia
warp, speed, warps, warped, warping, speeds, speeded, sped, speeding