Definitions

swifter

ADJECTIVE

very fast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrupt expeditious hasty nimble quick rapid speedy sudden unexpected

STRONG

cracking express fleet flying precipitate prompt ready screaming short spanking

WEAK

alacritous barrelling breakneck double-quick fleet-footed headlong hurried in nothing flat like crazy like mad on the double pronto shaking a leg short-lived snappy speedball supersonic winged

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delayed expected lazy leisurely slow

WEAK

sluggish

Example Sentences

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Swifter safety and quality clearances by the authorities will boost India's competitiveness in electronics, said Prabhu Ram, the head of the Industry Intelligence Group at CyberMedia Research.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2022

So now the shuttlecock contingent has rewritten the motto, Swifter, Higher, Stronger.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2012

Swifter, punchier investigations are vital – but it will require more fundamental legal reforms, such as a reframing of the 2002 Enterprise Act – if the OFT is to carry out its job more successfully.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2010

Swifter still came the succor of the American Near East Relief, which maintains agents and nurses permanently in Greece.

From Time Magazine Archive

My youth wanes like a shadow that is cast, Swifter than eagles' wings my years fly fast, And I remember not my gladness past, Either by day or yet by night.

From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius