quickest

ADJECTIVE

fast, speedy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrupt active agile brief brisk cursory energetic expeditious hasty hurried immediate instantaneous keen nimble rapid sudden swift

STRONG

alert express fleet flying going prompt

WEAK

ASAP a move on accelerated animated breakneck curt double time expeditive harefooted headlong impatient impetuous lively mercurial move it on the double perfunctory posthaste pronto snappy spirited sprightly spry the lead out winged

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clumsy delayed idle inactive later lazy leisurely slow sluggish unhurried

WEAK

ignorant stupid uneducated

ADJECTIVE

smart

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able active deft effective keen ready sharp vigorous wise

STRONG

acute adept knowing prompt savvy slick whiz

WEAK

adroit all there apt astute bright canny capable clever competent dexterous discerning effectual intelligent nimble-witted on the ball perceptive perspicacious quick on the draw quick on the trigger quick on the uptake quick-witted receptive sharp as a tack shrewd skillful smart as a whip wired

Antonyms

STRONGEST

blunt dull idle ignorant impotent inactive ineffective inept lazy slow stupid unintelligent useless weak

STRONG

clumsy

WEAK

sluggish uneducated

Example Sentences

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Knight reached her fifty in 31 deliveries - the quickest she has reached that landmark for England in any format.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

It’s not the quickest whip in the West, but it never feels slow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

President Edgars Rinkevics said he would take a decision on the "quickest possible formation" of a new government on 15 May.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

In fact, it’s the quickest oversold-to-overbought move apart from the seven-day spike in August 1982, according to Julian Emanuel, a strategist at Evercore ISI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

On July 21, in the Culper Ring’s quickest agent-to-spymaster delivery, the intelligence gathered by Townsend reached Washington at Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson River, about 20 miles north of New York City.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen