rapid

rapid is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
2. adjective. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.
3. adjective. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
4. adjective. The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.
5. noun. a part of a river where the current is very fast
6. adjective. done or occurring in a brief period of time

   "a rapid rise through the ranks"

7. adjective. characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

   "a rapid movement"

   "a speedy car"

   Synonyms: speedy

Synonyms

speedy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rapid:

adrip, padri, pardi

Common word forms

rapids, rapider, rapidly, rapidest, rapidity, rapidness

Words from these letters

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