speed

speed is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. 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 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
2. noun. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
3. noun. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
4. noun. To go; to fare.
5. noun. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
6. noun. To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
7. noun. To make haste; to move with celerity.
8. noun. To be expedient.
9. transitive verb. To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.
10. transitive verb. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
11. transitive verb. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
12. transitive verb. To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
13. transitive verb. To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
14. noun. changing location rapidly

    Synonyms: hurrying, speeding

15. noun. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

    Synonyms: amphetamine, upper

16. noun. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

    "the project advanced with gratifying speed"

    Synonyms: fastness, swiftness

17. noun. the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
18. noun. distance travelled per unit time

    Synonyms: velocity

19. verb. move faster

    "The car accelerated"

    Synonyms: accelerate, quicken

20. verb. cause to move faster

    "He accelerated the car"

    Synonyms: accelerate

21. verb. move very fast

    "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

    Synonyms: hurry, zip

22. verb. travel at an excessive or illegal velocity

    "I got a ticket for speeding"

23. verb. move fast

    "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"

    "The cars raced down the street"

    Synonyms: hasten, hie, hotfoot, race, rush

Synonyms

hurrying, speeding, amphetamine, upper, fastness, swiftness, velocity, accelerate, quicken, hurry, zip, hasten, hie, hotfoot, race, rush

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in speed:

deeps, pedes

Common word forms

speeds, speeded, speeder, speedly, speedful, speeding, speedless

Words from these letters

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