quick
adjective
[ kwɪk ]
• moving fast or doing something in a short time.
• "in the qualifying session he was two seconds quicker than his teammate"
Similar:
fast,
swift,
rapid,
speedy,
high-speed,
expeditious,
brisk,
lively,
sprightly,
nimble,
prompt,
lightning,
meteoric,
overnight,
whirlwind,
fast-track,
whistle-stop,
breakneck,
smart,
nippy,
zippy,
cracking,
fleet,
tantivy,
alacritous,
volant,
• prompt to understand, think, or learn; intelligent.
• "it was quick of him to spot the mistake"
Similar:
intelligent,
bright,
clever,
gifted,
able,
brilliant,
astute,
quick-witted,
sharp-witted,
ready,
quick off the mark,
observant,
alert,
sharp,
wide awake,
receptive,
perceptive,
brainy,
smart,
on the ball,
on one's toes,
quick on the uptake,
genius,
whip-smart,
quick
adverb
• at a fast rate; quickly.
• "he'll find some place where he can make money quicker"
quick
noun
• the soft tender flesh below the growing part of a fingernail or toenail.
• those who are living.
• "the quick and the dead"
• a fast bowler.
Origin:
Old English cwic, cwicu ‘alive, animated, alert’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kwiek ‘sprightly’ and German keck ‘saucy’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vivus ‘alive’ and Greek bios, zōē ‘life’.
