Part 27
ANT. _Rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent; splendid, costly, valuable, estimable; fruitful, abundant, luxuriant, productive, prolific; copious, abounding, ample, well-supplied, comfortable, favorable; adequate, sufficient; important, significant, arrogant, self-assertive._
=Popular.= Cheap, common, ordinary, inferior; familiar, plain, easy, comprehensible; favorite, liked, approved, accepted, accredited; current, prevalent, general, prevailing; pertaining to the people, vulgar, plebeian; mediocre.
ANT. _Unpopular, exclusive, aristocratic, snobbish; special, excellent, unique, superior, eminent; selfish, narrow, illiberal, uncharitable; sole, only, scientific, restricted, esoteric; odious, detested._
=Position.= Situation, station, assertion, place, posture, locality, site; attitude; state, condition, circumstances; principle, doctrine, proposition, dictum, affirmation, thesis; rank.
=Positive.= Real, actual, absolute, explicit, definite, confident, certain, dogmatic; defined, precise, clear; veritable, substantial, true; indisputable, incontrovertible; indubitable; decisive, unconditional, imperative, unequivocal, settled, assured, express.
ANT. _Negative, denying, indirect, disavowing, disclaiming, privative; relative; unreal, fictitious, imaginative, contingent, dependent, implied, conditional, dubious, unsubstantial, indefinite, equivocal._
=Possession.= Control, ownership, tenure, retention, management, occupation; (_pl._) property, estate, wealth, dominion.
ANT. _Dispossession, resignation, surrender, abandoning, renouncing._
=Potent.= Powerful, mighty, puissant, strong, able, efficient, efficacious, forcible, cogent, influential, effective, active, energetic.
ANT. _Impotent, powerless, weak, feeble, infirm; inefficient, incapable, incompetent, incapacitated._
=Potential.= Possible, implicit, undeveloped, virtual, immanent, inherent, intrinsic.
ANT. _Actual, explicit, real, objective, developed, express, determinate, positive, clear, definite._
=Poverty.= Distress, beggary, indigence, destitution, pauperism, penury, privation, want, need, mendicancy.
ANT. _Wealth, riches, affluence, luxury, comfort._
=Power.= Ability, competency, capacity, faculty, aptitude, dexterity, efficiency, might, talent, energy, skill, strength, readiness, capability, cleverness, expertness, efficacy, force, qualification, cogency, susceptibility.
ANT. _Feebleness, weakness, helplessness, impotence, incompetence, inability, inaptitude, dulness, awkwardness, imbecility, incapacity, inefficiency, unskilfulness, maladroitness, stupidity._
=Practice=, _n._ Usage, habit, custom; performance, application, system; manner, method, mode, experience.
ANT. _Theory, speculation, assumption, ideal, conjecture, abstraction._
=Practice=, _v._ Do, perform, exercise, carry out, execute; teach, train; habituate, try; apply, use; pursue.
ANT. _Abandon, misuse, disuse, neglect, disregard, slight, omit, pass over._
=Praise=, _n._ Applause, approval, cheering, compliment, acclaim, adulation, acclamation, approbation, cheers, plaudit, eulogy, encomium, flattery, laudation, panegyric, sycophancy.
ANT. _Abuse, blame, censure, contempt, reproach, ignominy, slander, scorn, obloquy, animadversion, condemnation, denunciation, disapprobation, disparagement, vituperation, reproof, disapproval, repudiation, hissing, vilification._
=Praise=, _v._ Laud, eulogize, celebrate, magnify, glorify; honor, commend; applaud, extol, compliment.
ANT. _Decry, blame, censure, reprove, disparage, depreciate, discredit, traduce, condemn._
=Pray.= Ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, invoke, petition, supplicate, request, importune, bid, plead, call upon, conjure.
=Precarious.= Doubtful, dubious, hazardous, perilous, risky, insecure, uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, unstable, unassured.
ANT. _Firm, settled, stable, sure, certain, real, undoubted, unquestionable, actual, assured, immutable, incontestable, undeniable, infallible, strong, steady._
=Precaution.= Foresight, prudence, forethought, providence, wariness, care.
ANT. _Thoughtlessness, improvidence, carelessness, imprudence._
=Precedent=, _n._ Example, antecedent, case, instance, pattern, authority, warrant.
=Precept.= Commandment, law, injunction, mandate, rule, direction, principle, maxim; doctrine, dogma; order; instruction.
ANT. _Hint, suggestion, allusion, insinuation, prompting, impulse, instigation._
=Precise.= Accurate, exact, correct, definite, scrupulous, punctilious, particular, nice, formal; explicit, terse.
ANT. _Inaccurate, inexact, incorrect, heedless, careless, incautious, implicit, ambiguous, circumlocutory, loose, vague, informal, unceremonious._
=Predatory.= Plundering, pillaging, ravaging, rapacious, marauding.
ANT. _Protecting, guarding, watching, keeping, sheltering, shielding, saving._
=Predestination.= Fate, necessity, foreknowledge, foreordination.
ANT. _Choice, freedom, free will, independence, uncertainty, accident, chance, free agency._
=Prediction.= Prophecy, prognostication, foreboding, divination, augury, soothsaying, vaticination, foretelling, presage.
ANT. _Reminiscence, recollection, report; history, narration, account._
=Preface.= Introduction, proem, preamble, prologue, exordium, prelude.
ANT. _Sequel, postscript, appendix, peroration, epilogue, conclusion._
=Prefer.= Choose, elect, select, desire, pick out, fancy, single out, fix upon; elevate, advance, promote; offer, proffer, present, address.
ANT. _Reject, discard, decline, refuse, repudiate; degrade, depress; postpone, defer, withhold._
=Prejudice.= Bias, partiality, unfairness, preconception, prepossession, presumption.
ANT. _Certainty, evidence, proof, conviction, conclusion, demonstration, reason, reasoning._
=Preliminary.= Prior, introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, previous, precedent, antecedent.
ANT. _Subsequent, following, consequent, appended, succeeding._
=Premium.= Reward, remuneration, recompense, prize, bonus, bounty, guerdon, meed, bribe, douceur, enhancement, gratuity.
ANT. _Penalty, fine, mulct, amercement, forfeiture, depredation, decline, fall, loss._
=Preposterous.= Irrational, foolish, monstrous, absurd, perverted, extravagant, ridiculous, exorbitant.
ANT. _Reasonable, moderate, right, just, due, fair, judicious, mediocre, commonplace._
=Presence.= Person, personality, individuality, port, mien, appearance, nearness, immediacy; vicinity, neighborhood.
ANT. _Absence, distance, remoteness, separation; society, world; temperament, character._
=Preservation.= Security, safety, maintenance, conservation, integrity, protection, care, guardianship, watch and ward, soundness.
ANT. _Exposure, abandonment, impairment, peril, damage, injury._
=Presumption.= Assumption, arrogance, effrontery, audacity, assurance; presupposition, hypothesis, guess, conjecture, belief, opinion, judgment, understanding, concession, condition.
ANT. _Modesty, deference, diffidence, bashfulness, hesitation; proof, deduction, demonstration, verification, certainty, fact._
=Pretend.= Claim, represent, allege, simulate, feign, profess; counterfeit.
ANT. _Verify, substantiate, refute, detect, expose, unmask, test._
=Pretense.= Disguise, excuse, affectation, mask, show, pretension, semblance, wile, trick, subterfuge, simulation, ruse, assumption, pretext, seeming, dissimulation, air, cloak, color.
ANT. _Candor, sincerity, ingenuousness, frankness, honesty, truth, openness, reality, simplicity, guilelessness, fact, actuality._
=Prevalence.= Success, superiority, predominance, preponderance; influence, force, power, strength, efficacy; universality, extension, acceptation, custom, operation.
ANT. _Decay, desuetude, disappearance, evanescence, subordination, collapse, destruction, abolition, subsidence, subjection, diminution._
=Previous.= Antecedent, before, earlier, precedent, preliminary, introductory, prior, preceding, front, forward, former, foregoing, anterior.
ANT. _After, concluding, following, consequent, later, posterior, latter, succeeding, subsequent, hindmost, hinder, hind._
=Price.= Expense, outlay, worth, expenditure, value, charge, cost.
=Pride.= Arrogance, insolence, reserve, haughtiness, self-esteem, presumption, superciliousness, vanity, ostentation, conceit, self-respect, self-exaltation, disdain, vainglory, self-conceit, self-complacency.
ANT. _Humility, lowliness, modesty, self-distrust, meekness, self-abasement._
=Primary.= First, fundamental, primitive, original, preparatory; chief, principal, pristine; elementary, leading.
ANT. _Secondary, posterior, subsequent, later, following; unimportant, subordinate, inferior; supplemental, auxiliary._
=Prime=, _n._ Perfection, culmination, apex, zenith; dawn, opening, youth, spring, beginning; cream, flower.
ANT. _Wane, winter, evening; decadence, decay._
=Primeval.= Immemorial, original, old, primal, patriarchal, native, primitive, pristine, uncreated, ancient, aboriginal, autochthonic, indigenous, prime, primary, primordial.
ANT. _Foreign, fresh, late, modern, new, novel, recent, exotic, adventitious._
=Principal.= Highest, most important, chief, main; leading, foremost, preëminent, capital, essential; primary, first.
ANT. _Subordinate, inferior, secondary, auxiliary, supplemental, minor, dependent, subservient, ancillary._
=Principle.= Source, cause, origin; faculty, endowment; postulate, truth, maxim, axiom; rule, law; element; doctrine, dogma, opinion; ground, motive, reason; integrity, rectitude, uprightness, probity, virtue, worth, honor.
ANT. _Result, sequence, development, issue; application, action, operation, exercise, manifestation, exhibition; iniquity, immorality._
=Prize.= Trophy, honor, reward, premium, guerdon, palm, laurels; capture; gain, advantage; spoil, plunder, booty.
ANT. _Loss, failure, fine, forfeiture; brand, stigma, infamy._
=Probation.= Examination, trial, ordeal, test, assay, proof, experiment.
ANT. _License, irresponsibility, non-probation._
=Proclaim.= Publish, announce, declare, promulgate, herald, advertise, enunciate, utter, blaze abroad, report, make known.
ANT. _Silence, repress, suppress, conceal, secrete; retract, recall._
=Prodigal=, _a._ Extravagant, profuse, lavish, bountiful, wasteful, squandering.
ANT. _Economical, thrifty, saving, frugal; close, miserly, niggardly._
=Profession.= Avowal, declaration, claim; occupation, vocation, employment; law, theology, or medicine; assertion, acknowledgment; representation, pretense, protestation.
ANT. _Denial, concealment, suppression; retraction, recantation, disavowal; leisure, fad, hobby, avocation; trade, business._
=Proficient.= Expert, adept, skilful, skilled, competent, conversant, qualified, practiced, accomplished, finished, trained.
ANT. _Unskilled, inexpert, awkward, ignorant, backward, inconversant, incompetent, untrained, unpracticed, inept._
=Profit.= Gain, advantage, benefit, emolument, improvement, proceeds, utility, usefulness, returns, value, receipts, avail, expediency, good, service.
ANT. _Damage, destruction, harm, hurt, loss, injury, waste, ruin, detriment, disadvantage._
=Profitable.= Lucrative, beneficial, useful, advantageous, productive, desirable, gainful, remunerative.
ANT. _Useless, vain, fruitless, unproductive, unremunerative, unprofitable, undesirable, disadvantageous, detrimental, unbeneficial._
=Profound.= Deep, descending; thorough; fathomless, abysmal; mysterious, abstruse, occult, obscure, recondite; complete; penetrating, intimate, intense, philosophical.
ANT. _Superficial, shallow, commonplace, external, slight, apparent, obvious, incomplete; surface._
=Progress.= Advance, advancement, attainment, increase, improvement, proficiency, progression, growth, development.
ANT. _Delay, check, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage, falling off, relapse, decline, falling back._
=Prohibit.= Forbid, hinder, inhibit, interdict, preclude, prevent, debar, disallow.
ANT. _Allow, empower, let, license, order, require, sanction, authorize, command, direct, enjoin, permit, warrant, suffer, tolerate, put up with, give permission, give consent, consent to._
=Prolific.= Fertile, fruitful, productive, generating, teeming, active.
ANT. _Barren, sterile, unproductive, unfruitful, effete._
=Prolix.= Long, diffuse, tiresome, prolonged, protracted; wordy, verbose, prosaic, rambling, discursive; tedious, wearisome.
ANT. _Condensed, terse, concise, brief, laconic, curt, epigrammatic._
=Prominent.= Projecting, manifest, protuberant, conspicuous; eminent, distinguished, famous, celebrated, important, main, principal, leading, characteristic.
ANT. _Receding, hollowed, concave, indented, engraved; insignificant, secondary, unimportant, minor, indistinguishable, indistinct, subordinate, inconspicuous, trivial, immaterial, unessential._
=Promote.= Encourage, forward, foster, push, advance, aid, assist, foment, excite, further, help, raise, urge forward, urge on, elevate, exalt.
ANT. _Abase, allay; hinder, prevent, foil, frustrate._
=Prompt.= Ready, quick, agile, alert, brisk, nimble, expeditious; willing, hasty, inclined, disposed, responsive, unhesitating.
ANT. _Dilatory, slow, tardy, lingering, loitering, inactive, sluggish, unready, unresponsive, procrastinating, behindhand, backward._
=Pronounce.= Deliver, speak, utter, articulate, enunciate; declare, affirm; propound, assert, express.
ANT. _Mispronounce, gabble, mumble; silence, suppress; deny, retract._
=Propagate.= Increase, diffuse, disseminate, promote; spread, extend, generate, promulgate, circulate.
ANT. _Strangle, stifle, extinguish, suppress, repress, check, hush up; contract, diminish, reduce; contradict, deny._
=Proper.= Own, individual, peculiar, particular; right, fit, decent; personal, constitutional, special, specific; suitable, appropriate, seemly, legitimate; decent, respectable.
ANT. _Common, universal, general; unfitting, inappropriate, unsuitable, unseemly, indecent, wrong, improper, unbecoming, unbefitting._
=Propitiation.= Expiation, satisfaction, atonement, reconciliation.
ANT. _Reprobation, retribution, vengeance, wrath, alienation, estrangement, curse, penalty, punishment, offense, condemnation, chastisement._
=Propitious.= Auspicious, kind, benign, gracious, friendly, benignant, clement, kindly, favorable, merciful.
ANT. _Adverse, antagonistic, hostile, repellent, unfriendly, unpropitious, unfavorable, ill-disposed, forbidding, inauspicious._
=Proportion.= Ratio, symmetry, relation, harmony, share, lot; equality, similarity; adjustment, distribution; arrangement, adaptation.
ANT. _Disproportion, disparity, disorder, incongruity, discrepancy, absurdity, contrariety._
=Proposal.= Bid, offer, overture, proposition.
ANT. _Acceptance, denial, refusal, rejection, repulse, disapproval._
=Proposition.= Proposal, statement, offer, declaration; overture, suggestion, proffer, tender; position, thesis, dictum, assertion, affirmation, doctrine.
ANT. _Withdrawal, recantation, abjuration, disavowal, revocation._
=Prosperity.= Thrift, weal, welfare, happiness, well-being, success, good fortune.
ANT. _Woe, misfortune, ill luck, failure, adversity, calamity, reverses, affliction, distress, disaster, misery._
=Protest=, _v._ Assert, aver, attest, testify; affirm, declare; asseverate, avow, profess; expostulate, remonstrate, repudiate, deprecate, denounce.
ANT. _Retract, withdraw, abjure, revoke; coincide, sanction, agree, endorse, subscribe, acquiesce._
=Protract.= Defer, continue, delay, extend, elongate, lengthen, procrastinate, postpone, prolong, draw out.
ANT. _Abbreviate, contract, conclude, hasten, hurry, reduce, shorten, abridge, curtail, limit._
=Proud.= Arrogant, haughty, presumptuous, lordly; worthy, admirable, grand, splendid, magnificent, ostentatious; lofty, supercilious, imperious, boastful, elated, imposing, vainglorious.
ANT. _Humble, unassuming, unobtrusive, meek, lowly, mild, submissive, unpretending, deferential, affable, unpresuming, mean._
=Proverb.= Axiom, byword, dictum, adage, aphorism, maxim, motto, precept, truism, saying, saw, apothegm.
=Provide.= Prepare, supply, afford, contribute, furnish; engage, bargain, agree; stipulate; procure.
ANT. _Neglect, withhold, refuse, mismanage, appropriate, overlook; divert, alienate, misuse; fail, disappoint._
=Provocation.= Vexation, incitement, stimulus, incentive; affront, insult, offense, indignity.
ANT. _Pacification, mitigation, assuagement; deference, compliment, homage, honor, respect._
=Prowess.= Heroism, valor, gallantry, bravery, courage, intrepidity.
ANT. _Fear, effeminacy, timidity, cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity._
=Prudence.= Discretion, frugality, forethought, judgment, judiciousness, providence, care, caution, foresight, wisdom, consideration, carefulness, circumspection.
ANT. _Folly, heedlessness, prodigality, recklessness, indiscretion, wastefulness, improvidence, imprudence, thoughtlessness, rashness._
=Prudent.= Cautious, considerate, judicious, provident; circumspect, sagacious, wise, discreet; frugal, economical, thrifty.
ANT. _Reckless, inconsiderate, improvident, wasteful, extravagant, lavish, prodigal; indiscreet, unwise; foolish, rash, imprudent, audacious._
=Public.= Common, general, popular, social, open; notorious.
ANT. _Private, individual, secret, domestic, secluded, close, personal._
=Punctilious.= Exact, particular, precise, careful, nice, scrupulous, conscientious; punctual, ceremonious.
ANT. _Careless, slovenly, unscrupulous; informal, unceremonious._
=Puny.= Small, feeble, inferior, petty; weak, diminutive, undeveloped, dwarfed, stunted, undersized, tiny.
ANT. _Large, great, robust, developed, fine, vigorous; colossal, gigantic._
=Pupil.= Learner, disciple, student, novice, ward, tyro.
ANT. _Teacher, master, proficient, scholar, adept; guardian._
=Purchase=, _v._ Buy, obtain, procure, secure, acquire, bargain for, barter for, get.
ANT. _Exchange, sell, barter, dispose of, put to sale._
=Pure.= Innocent, unsullied, spotless, unspotted, stainless, true, guiltless, incorrupt, clean, genuine, chaste, guileless, classic, classical, holy, immaculate, virtuous, real, sheer, mere, simple, unmixed, unpolluted, unadulterated, unmingled, undefiled, unblemished, uncorrupted, unstained, untainted, untarnished, upright, perfect.
ANT. _Impure, indecent, polluted, foul, tainted, unchaste, immodest, lewd, obscene, indelicate, defiled, dirty, filthy, gross, mixed, stained, sullied, unclean, tarnished, adulterated._
=Purpose=, _n._ Design, end, intention, aim, scope, meaning, object, plan, intention, purport, effect, project.
ANT. _Lot, chance, accident, haphazard, casualty, fate._
=Put.= Deposit, place, set, lay; cause, produce, propose, state; attach, attribute, assign; assume, suppose; entice, constrain.
ANT. _Remove, raise, withdraw, displace, transpose, transfer, change._
=Putrid.= Decayed, decomposed, rotten, stinking, putrefied, foul, offensive.
ANT. _Clean, sweet, wholesome, fragrant, pure, healthful, fresh._
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=Quaint.= Odd, antique; curious, fanciful, affected, whimsical; archaic, singular, unusual; antiquated, extraordinary, droll.
ANT. _Commonplace, usual, ordinary, common; fashionable, modish, modern._
=Quality.= Property, peculiarity, sort, disposition, temper; character, attribute, rank, part, position; characteristic; acquisition; nature, trait, mood, condition, station, capacity, tendency.
ANT. _Negation, heterogeneity, anomalousness, lack of distinction, nondescript, weakness, ineffectiveness, incapacity, disqualification._
=Quantity.= Greatness, measure, amount, bulk, extent, size, aggregate, length, duration, content, comprehensiveness.
ANT. _Scantiness, want, deficiency, margin, deterioration, diminution, waste, wear, loss._
=Queer.= Curious, bizarre, droll, comical, odd, peculiar, quaint, strange, uncommon, unusual, whimsical, singular, ridiculous, anomalous, fantastic, funny, erratic, extraordinary, ludicrous, grotesque, laughable, preposterous, unique, unmatched, eccentric, crotchety.
ANT. _Common, customary, normal, ordinary, usual, regular, familiar, natural._
=Querimonious=, =Querulous=. Lamenting, complaining, whining, bewailing, mourning, murmuring, discontented, dissatisfied, malcontent.
ANT. _Contented, easy, uncomplaining, satisfied, complacent, cheerful, genial, good-tempered._
=Query=, =Question=, _n._ Inquiry, doubt; point, topic, subject; dispute, discussion, debate; investigation, examination; experimentation, scrutiny, interrogation.
ANT. _Solution, explanation, answer, reply, response; concession, admission._
=Question=, _v._ Ask, interrogate, catechize, doubt, controvert, dispute; examine, converse with; call in question; inquire, investigate, query, dubitate.
ANT. _Answer, reply, satisfy, respond._
=Quick.= Speedy, expeditious, active, rapid, nimble, fleet, alert, lively, sprightly; alive, living, animate; agile, brisk, ready; hasty, swift; impatient, eager, passionate; fresh, bracing, keen, sharp; sensitive, perceptive, intelligent.
ANT. _Slow, tardy, inactive, inert, sluggish, dull, insensitive, deliberate, gradual, moderate, late, unready, dilatory, slack, unresponsive, lingering, heavy, stupid, wearisome._
=Quicken.= Hasten, hurry, accelerate, despatch, drive, expedite, facilitate, further, speed, urge, promote, advance, make haste, press forward.
ANT. _Hinder, impede, check, obstruct, retard, clog, delay._
=Quiet=, _n._ Rest, repose, tranquillity, silence, calm, peace, stillness.
ANT. _Tumult, noise, shouting, action, commotion, activity, storm; unrest, excitement, agitation, disturbance, turmoil._
=Quiet=, _a._ Tranquil, unruffled, smooth, unmolested, peaceful, undisturbed, peaceable, calm, patient, contented, hushed, still, placid; gentle, mild, undemonstrative, meek.
ANT. _Turbulent, tumultuous, uproarious, disturbed, agitated, wild, excited, violent, uneasy, boisterous, restless, confused, noisy._
=Quote.= Cite, recite, plagiarize, repeat, excerpt, extract, paraphrase.
ANT. _Suppress, ignore, disdain, omit._
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=Rabble.= Mob, crowd, people, populace; herd, the masses, multitudes, commonalty; scum, dregs.
ANT. _Aristocracy, nobility, élite, galaxy._
=Racy.= Lively, piquant, pungent, spicy, spirited, forcible, flavorous, rich.
ANT. _Flat, cold, flavorless, insipid, stale, stupid, tasteless, dull, prosy, vapid._
=Radiant.= Lustrous, brilliant, splendid, gorgeous, glittering, glaring, radiating, beaming, resplendent, shining, sparkling, luminous, effulgent, glorious.
ANT. _Dull, dark, somber, murky, lusterless, non-luminous, sunless, shadowy, lurid, cloudy, gloomy, obscure, overcast, ebon, black._
=Radical.= Fundamental, innate, essential, native, natural, original, organic, primitive; entire, complete, extreme, thorough, positive, perfect, thorough-going, total; ingrained, constitutional.
ANT. _Superficial, tentative, trial; inadequate, incomplete, moderate, partial, palliative, slight; conservative._
=Raise.= Lift, elevate, heave; exalt, advance, enhance; increase, excite, aggravate, intensify, heighten, set upright; awaken, arouse, originate, produce, effect, cause; build, erect; levy, collect; propagate, breed, rear; bring up, incite, start; utter, summon; cultivate.
ANT. _Depress, lower, drop, sink, let down; degrade, disgrace; debase, humble, reduce; lessen, diminish, decrease._
=Ramble.= Rove, roam, wander, range, stroll, saunter, straggle, stray.
ANT. _Speed, hasten, drive, run, proceed, rush, hurry._
=Random=, _a._ Chance, haphazard, fortuitous, casual, wandering, stray, wild, aimless, purposeless, unpremeditated, accidental, vague.
ANT. _Aimed, intended, controlled, purposed, deliberate, designed, intentional, regular, systematic, planned._
=Ransom=, _v._ Redeem, liberate, rescue, deliver, release, emancipate, indemnify.
ANT. _Hold for ransom, kidnap, imprison, hold as hostage, indict, fine, mulct, prosecute._
=Rapid.= Swift, quick, fast, fleet, hasty, brisk, expeditious, hurried.