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quick
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- pronunciation:
- kwIk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
quicker, quickest |
| definition 1: |
happening or brought about within a short time; immediate.
I got a quick answer to my letter.The prisoner was lucky to be getting a quick trial.The jurors were of similar minds, and the verdict was quick.This is a serious matter, so don't make any quick decisions.- synonyms:
- fast, immediate, instant, prompt, rapid
- antonyms:
- slow, tardy
- similar words:
- abrupt, brief, expeditious, fleeting, hasty, momentary, precipitate, sharp, snappy, sudden, swift, transient
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| definition 2: |
moving or acting with speed; rapid.
He's a very quick talker, and sometimes I have trouble catching what he's saying.- synonyms:
- fast, rapid, speedy, swift
- antonyms:
- dilatory, laggard, slow, sluggish
- similar words:
- active, adroit, agile, brisk, clever, deft, fleet, nimble
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| definition 3: |
perceiving, responding, or learning with speed.
She has a quick mind.Only the quickest students are able to understand his lectures.- synonyms:
- agile, alert, bright, clever, nimble, sharp, swift
- antonyms:
- slow
- similar words:
- able, active, apt, clearheaded, facile, keen, lively, on the ball, perceptive, prompt, ready, smart, speedy
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| definition 4: |
achieved with rapidness, or allowing something to be achieved with rapidness.
He impressed his boss and got a quick promotion.They went to Las Vegas for a quick divorce.Let's just have a quick dinner.Taking the turnpike is the quick way of getting there.Here is a quick recipe for making muffins.- synonyms:
- fast, rapid, speedy, swift
- antonyms:
- lengthy, slow
- similar words:
- brisk, hasty, hurried, precipitate, prompt, sharp
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| definition 5: |
too prompt in reaction; hasty.
He is always quick to criticize.- synonyms:
- hasty
- similar words:
- abrupt, cursory, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, injudicious, precipitate, rash, sudden, summary
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| definition 6: |
lively.
a quick personality- synonyms:
- lively
- similar words:
- active, alive, animated, brisk, live, sprightly, vigorous, vital
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| related words: |
alert, brilliant, crisp, dextrous, early, instant, instantaneous, knowing, meteoric, rapid, short, snap, spot, spry |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the tender and sensitive flesh, esp. under the fingernails.
- similar words:
- matrix, root
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| definition 2: |
the essence or vital part of something.
the quick of the issue- synonyms:
- essence, heart
- similar words:
- root
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| definition 3: |
those who are living (prec. by "the").
the quick and the dead- synonyms:
- living
- antonyms:
- dead
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
quicker, quickest |
| definition: |
quickly or promptly.
Come quick!- synonyms:
- promptly, quickly
- similar words:
- fast, immediately, lively, straightaway, swift
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| related words: |
right |
| derivation: |
quickness (n.) |
Word Builder: quick +
- quickly:
in a quick way; quick.
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