'Promptness' definitions:
Definition of 'promptness'
From: WordNet
noun
The characteristic of doing things without delay [syn: promptness, promptitude]
noun
The quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time [syn: punctuality, promptness] [ant: tardiness]
Definition of 'Promptness'
From: GCIDE
- Promptness \Prompt"ness\, n. [1913 Webster]
- 1. Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cheerful willingness; alacrity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'promptness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abruptness,
- acceptance,
- accord,
- acquiescence,
- acuity,
- acuteness,
- affirmation,
- affirmative,
- affirmative voice,
- agility,
- agreeability,
- agreeableness,
- agreement,
- air speed,
- alacrity,
- alertness,
- amenability,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- appetite,
- approbation,
- approval,
- ardor,
- assent,
- attention,
- attentiveness,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- aye,
- blessing,
- breathless impatience,
- brightness,
- briskness,
- celerity,
- cheerful consent,
- cheerful readiness,
- compliance,
- connivance,
- consent,
- cooperativeness,
- decisiveness,
- dispatch,
- docility,
- eagerness,
- elan,
- endorsement,
- enthusiasm,
- expedition,
- expeditiousness,
- fastness,
- favorable disposition,
- favorableness,
- feverishness,
- flight,
- flit,
- flurry,
- forwardness,
- furiousness,
- gameness,
- goodwill,
- ground speed,
- gust,
- gusto,
- haste,
- hastiness,
- hurriedness,
- hurry,
- immediacy,
- immediateness,
- impatience,
- impetuosity,
- impetuousness,
- impulsiveness,
- instantaneousness,
- keen desire,
- keenness,
- knots,
- life,
- lightning speed,
- liveliness,
- miles per hour,
- nimbleness,
- OK,
- okay,
- permission,
- pliability,
- pliancy,
- precipitance,
- precipitancy,
- precipitation,
- precipitousness,
- promptitude,
- punctuality,
- punctualness,
- quickness,
- rapidity,
- rashness,
- ratification,
- readiness,
- receptive mood,
- receptiveness,
- receptivity,
- responsiveness,
- right mood,
- round pace,
- rpm,
- rush,
- sanction,
- sharpness,
- sleeplessness,
- smartness,
- snappiness,
- speed,
- speediness,
- spirit,
- spryness,
- submission,
- suddenness,
- summariness,
- swift rate,
- swiftness,
- tractability,
- ungrudgingness,
- unloathness,
- unreluctance,
- velocity,
- verve,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- wakefulness,
- willing ear,
- willing heart,
- willingness,
- zeal,
- zealousness,
- zest,
- zestfulness