swift
Moving very quickly.
swift in a sentence
- With one swift leap, the cat snatched the toy from mid-air.
- The river was too swift for paddling, rushing past faster than we could run.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to swift?
- Alazy
- Bfast
- Cslow
- Dgradual
Show the answer
B: fast. The other three mean the opposite of swift.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to swift?
- Aslow
- Bfast
- Cquick
- Dspeedy
Show the answer
A: slow. The other three mean nearly the same as swift.
Words that mean something similar
fast, quick, speedy
Words that mean the opposite
slow, lazy, gradual
More words about movement & action
- tether: To tie an animal or object to something so it cannot move away.
- thrust: To push something suddenly and hard.
- thwart: To stop someone's plan from succeeding.
- toil: To work very hard for a long time.
- totter: To walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall.
- traipse: To walk somewhere slowly and unwillingly because you are tired.
- traverse: To travel across something from one side to the other.
- trek: A long, difficult journey on foot.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test