rapid
/'ræpid/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Characterized by high speed; happening very quickly: Describes something that moves or occurs with great velocity or in a very short time.
- Steep: (Less common) Describes a slope that is very steep.
Noun:
- (Often plural: rapids) A section of a river where the water flows very fast, usually over rocks, creating turbulence.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The company experienced rapid growth in its first year.
- She gave a rapid response to the email.
- The rapid current made swimming dangerous.
Noun:
- The canoeists navigated the rapids skillfully.
- This part of the river is known for its dangerous rapids.
Advanced Usage
- "Rapid-fire": (Adjective) Describing things delivered in very quick succession.
- The journalist asked a series of rapid-fire questions.
- "Rapid transit": A system for fast public transportation in urban areas.
- The city's rapid transit system includes subways and express buses.
Variants and Related Words
- Rapidly (adverb): In a rapid manner; quickly.
- The technology is evolving rapidly.
- Rapidity (noun): The quality of being rapid; swiftness.
- The rapidity of the change surprised everyone.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Quick, swift, fast, speedy, expeditious.
- Noun (for river section): Whitewater, cataract, fast water.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Slow, sluggish, leisurely, gradual.
Related Phrases
- At a rapid pace/rate: Very quickly.
- The project is progressing at a rapid pace.
- Rapid eye movement (REM): A stage of sleep characterized by quick, random movements of the eyes.
- Dreaming often occurs during rapid eye movement sleep.
Adjective
- characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
- a rapid movement
- a speedy car
- a speedy errand boy
- done or occurring in a brief period of time
- a rapid rise through the ranks
Noun
- a part of a river where the current is very fast