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Synonyms for PDQ
adj speedy- agile
- brisk
- hot
- nimble
- quick
- rapid
- swift
- accelerated
- active
- dashing
- electric
- flashing
- fleet
- fleeting
- flying
- hurried
- racing
- ready
- snap
- winged
- PDQ
- blue streak
- breakneck
- chop-chop
- double-time
- expeditious
- expeditive
- hairtrigger
- hasty
- hypersonic
- in a jiffy
- in nothing flat
- lickety split
- like a bat out of hell
- like all get out
- like crazy
- like mad
- on the double
- posthaste
- presto
- pronto
- screamin'
- snappy
- speedball
- supersonic
- velocious
Antonyms for PDQ
- clumsy
- slow
- sluggish
- boring
- dull
- flexible
- good
- impermanent
- insecure
- loose
- moral
- movable
- plodding
- tardy
- unattached
- unfixed
- unhurried
- upright
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faster
adjective. speedy
- PDQ
- accelerated
- active
- agile
- blue streak
- breakneck
- brisk
- chop-chop
- dashing
- double-time
- electric
- expeditious
- expeditive
- flashing
- fleet
- fleeting
- flying
- hairtrigger
- hasty
- hot
- hurried
- hypersonic
- in a jiffy
- in nothing flat
- lickety split
- like a bat out of hell
- like all get out
- like crazy
- like mad
- nimble
- on the double
- posthaste
- presto
- pronto
- quick
- racing
- rapid
- ready
- screamin'
- snap
- snappy
- speedball
- supersonic
- swift
- velocious
- winged
fastest
adjective. speedy
- PDQ
- accelerated
- active
- agile
- blue streak
- breakneck
- brisk
- chop-chop
- dashing
- double-time
- electric
- expeditious
- expeditive
- flashing
- fleet
- fleeting
- flying
- hairtrigger
- hasty
- hot
- hurried
- hypersonic
- in a jiffy
- in nothing flat
- lickety split
- like a bat out of hell
- like all get out
- like crazy
- like mad
- nimble
- on the double
- posthaste
- presto
- pronto
- quick
- racing
- rapid
- ready
- screamin'
- snap
- snappy
- speedball
- supersonic
- swift
- velocious
- winged
hasty
adjective. speedy; without much thought
- PDQ
- abrupt
- agile
- brash
- breakneck
- brief
- brisk
- careless
- chop-chop
- cursory
- eager
- expeditious
- fast
- fiery
- fleet
- fleeting
- foolhardy
- harefooted
- headlong
- heedless
- hurried
- ill-advised
- impatient
- impetuous
- impulsive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- madcap
- on the double
- passing
- perfunctory
- precipitate
- prompt
- pronto
- quick
- quickened
- quickie
- rapid
- rash
- reckless
- rushed
- short
- slambang
- slapdash
- snappy
- sudden
- superficial
- swift
- thoughtless
- urgent
immediately
adverb. at once, right away
- PDQ
- anon
- at short notice
- away
- directly
- double-time
- forthwith
- hereupon
- in a New York minute
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in nothing flat
- instantaneously
- instanter
- instantly
- like now
- now
- now or never
- on the dot
- on the double
- on the spot
- promptly
- pronto
- rapidly
- right now
- shortly
- soon
- soon afterward
- straight away
- straight off
- summarily
- thereupon
- this instant
- this minute
- tout de suite
- unhesitatingly
- urgently
- without delay
- without hesitation
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