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synonyms for velocity

  • acceleration
  • momentum
  • pace
  • quickness
  • tempo
  • celerity
  • dispatch
  • expedition
  • fleetness
  • gait
  • haste
  • headway
  • hurry
  • impetus
  • rapidity
  • rapidness
  • rate
  • swiftness
On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to velocity, such as: acceleration, momentum, pace, quickness, tempo, and celerity.

antonyms for velocity

MOST RELEVANT
  • block
  • delay
  • hindrance
  • rest
  • slowing
  • slowness
  • stoppage
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How to use velocity in a sentence

I know that it’s something that’s helped with my command and also my velocity.
CLEVELAND’S LEAGUE-LEADING ROTATION RELIES ON HOMEGROWN TALENT … FROM A SINGLE DRAFTTRAVIS SAWCHIKAUGUST 25, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Theorists had shown decades ago that coronal waves’ velocities can be used to infer the strength of the magnetic field.
CHECK OUT THE FIRST-EVER MAP OF THE SOLAR CORONA’S MAGNETIC FIELDLISA GROSSMANAUGUST 21, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Running a computer model with the stars’ masses, positions and velocities should better predict what’s in store, he says.
MILKY WAY’S TIDAL FORCES ARE SHREDDING A NEARBY STAR CLUSTERKEN CROSWELLAUGUST 18, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
RHPs achieve more break on every key dimension, even after controlling for their higher velocity.
WHAT REALLY GIVES LEFT-HANDED PITCHERS THEIR EDGE?GUY MOLYNEUXAUGUST 17, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Among pitchers to have thrown 10 innings this season, Luzardo ranks 11th overall, and first among left-handed pitchers, in fastball velocity.
THE A’S AREN’T JUST SCRAPPY. THEY’VE GOT STARS.TRAVIS SAWCHIKAUGUST 13, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Running a computer simulation with the stars’ masses, positions and velocities should better show what will happen in the future, he says.
THE STAR CLUSTER CLOSEST TO EARTH IS IN ITS DEATH THROESKEN CROSWELLJULY 24, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Tracking the colors, the team could measure the velocity of the gas at one location within the bubbles.
SPOTTED: MILKY WAY’S GIANT GAS BUBBLES IN VISIBLE LIGHTEMILY CONOVERJULY 16, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
This word describes a moving object based on its mass and velocity.
SCIENTISTS SAY: MOMENTUMCAROLYN WILKEMAY 25, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Shelly and I — my partner — have been trying to interject, but these are strong inertial pains, essentially, and it takes escape velocity at every generation, even my nieces and nephews, to lift them out.
FED UP (EP. 390)STEPHEN J. DUBNERSEPTEMBER 26, 2019FREAKONOMICS
Such was its velocity that in some parts of the journey the speed was frequently 12 miles an hour.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOW
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WORDS RELATED TO VELOCITY

  • alacrity
  • briskness
  • dispatch
  • expedition
  • expeditiousness
  • fleetness
  • gait
  • haste
  • hurry
  • hustle
  • legerity
  • promptness
  • quickness
  • rapidity
  • speed
  • speediness
  • swiftness
  • velocity
  • vivacity
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.