'RAPID' definitions:
Definition of 'rapid'
From: WordNet
adjective
Done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks"
adjective
Characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy" [syn: rapid, speedy]
noun
A part of a river where the current is very fast
Definition of 'Rapid'
From: GCIDE
- Rapid \Rap"id\, Rapids \Rap"ids\(r[a^]p"[i^]dz), n. [Cf. F. rapide. See Rapid, a.] The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes called whitewater; -- usually used in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. For boaters on the river, it is a place that can be hazardous, with danger of capsizing or crashing into large rocks. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. --Moore. [1913 Webster] Rapid-fire
Definition of 'Rapid'
From: GCIDE
- Rapid \Rap"id\ (r[a^]p"[i^]d), a. [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. 'arpa`zein: cf. F. rapide. Cf. Harpy, Ravish.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. [1913 Webster]
- Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman. [1913 Webster] Rapid
Synonyms of 'rapid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- agile,
- alacritous,
- bluff,
- bold,
- breakneck,
- brisk,
- ceaseless,
- chattering,
- chute,
- constant,
- continual,
- dashing,
- double-quick,
- eagle-winged,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fast,
- fleet,
- flying,
- galloping,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- high-speed,
- hurried,
- hustling,
- immediate,
- impetuous,
- incessant,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- machine gun,
- mercurial,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- oscillating,
- perennial,
- perpetual,
- plunging,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- prompt,
- pulsating,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- rapids,
- reckless,
- regular,
- repeated,
- riff,
- riffle,
- ripple,
- running,
- sault,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- shoot,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- staccato,
- steady,
- steep,
- stuttering,
- sudden,
- sustained,
- swift,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchanging,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unremitting,
- unstopped,
- unvarying,
- vertical,
- vibrating,
- winged
Acronyms for 'RAPID'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Resource And Performance Interactive Display system
Words containing 'RAPID'
- Rapides,
- Rapidity,
- Rapidly,
- Rapidness,
- Rapids,
- Big Rapids,
- Blue Rapids,
- Cedar Rapids,
- Dell Rapids,
- Eaton Rapids,
- Elk Rapids,
- Grand Rapids,
- Maple Rapids,
- Neosho Rapids,
- Park Rapids,
- Pelican Rapids,
- Rapid City,
- Rapid Valley,
- Rapides Parish,
- Rapides, LA,
- Rapids City,
- Rapids, NY,
- Roanoke Rapids,
- Rock Rapids,
- Sauk Rapids,
- Sioux Rapids,
- Wisconsin Rapids,
- rapid climb,
- rapid growth,
- rapid transit,
- travel rapidly,
- Big Rapids, MI,
- Blue Rapids, KS,
- Cedar Rapids, IA,
- Cedar Rapids, NE,
- Dell Rapids, SD,
- East Grand Rapids,
- Eaton Rapids, MI,
- Elk Rapids, MI,
- Grand Rapids, MI,
- Grand Rapids, MN,
- Grand Rapids, OH,
- Maple Rapids, MI,
- Neosho Rapids, KS,
- Park Rapids, MN,
- Pelican Rapids, MN,
- Rapid City, SD,
- Rapid Valley, SD,
- Rapid-fire,
- Rapid-firing,
- Rapides Parish, LA,
- Rapids City, IL,
- Roanoke Rapids, NC,
- Rock Rapids, IA,
- Sauk Rapids, MN,
- Sioux Rapids, IA,
- Wisconsin Rapids, WI,
- mass rapid transit,
- rapid eye movement,
- East Grand Rapids, MI,
- Rapid-fire mount,
- rapid eye movement sleep