SWIFTNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does swiftness mean?
• SWIFTNESS (noun)
The noun SWIFTNESS has 1 sense:
1. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
Familiarity information: SWIFTNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SWIFTNESS (noun)
Meaning:
A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fastness; swiftness; speed
Context example:
the project advanced with gratifying speed
Hypernyms ("swiftness" is a kind of...):
pace; rate (the relative speed of progress or change)
Attribute:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
slow (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swiftness"):
haste; hastiness; hurriedness; hurry; precipitation (overly eager speed (and possible carelessness))
execution speed ((computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS)
graduality; gradualness (the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages)