quickness

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: quick=ness

CIDE DICTIONARY

quickness, n. 

•  The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.  [1913 Webster]

  "Touch it with thy celestial quickness."  [1913 Webster]
•  Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.  [1913 Webster]

  "This deed . . . must send thee hence
  With fiery quickness."  [1913 Webster]

  "His mind had, indeed, great quickness and vigor."  [1913 Webster]
•  Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.  [1913 Webster]

  "Would not quickness of sensation be an inconvenience to an animal that must lie still ?"  [1913 Webster]
•  Sharpness; pungency of taste.  Mortimer.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Velocity; celerity; rapidity; speed; haste; expedition; promptness; dispatch; swiftness; nimbleness; fleetness; agility; briskness; liveliness; readiness; sagacity; shrewdness; shrewdness; sharpness; keenness.

THESAURUS

quickness

ability, abruptness, acuity, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, agility, air speed, airmanship, alacrity, alertness, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, aptitude, aptness, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, attention, attentiveness, avidity, avidness, bat, braininess, bravura, breathless impatience, brightness, brilliance, briskness, capability, capacity, celerity, cheerful readiness, clear thinking, cleverness, command, competence, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, decisiveness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, dispatch, docility, eagerness, educability, efficiency, elan, esprit, expedition, expeditiousness, expertise, facility, fastness, feverishness, finesse, flair, flight, flit, flurry, forwardness, furiousness, gait, genius, giftedness, gifts, grace, grip, ground speed, gust, gusto, handiness, haste, hastiness, horsemanship, hurriedness, hurry, immediacy, immediateness, impatience, impetuosity, impetuousness, impressionability, impulsiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, instantaneousness, intelligence, keen desire, keen-wittedness, keenness, knots, know-how, life, lightning speed, liveliness, malleability, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mental alertness, mercurial mind, miles per hour, moldability, motivation, native cleverness, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nous, overhastiness, pace, plasticity, pliability, practical ability, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, precipitousness, proficiency, promptitude, promptness, prowess, punctuality, punctualness, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, rapidity, rashness, readiness, ready wit, receptivity, recklessness, resource, resourcefulness, round pace, rpm, rush, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, sleeplessness, smartness, smarts, snappiness, speed, speediness, spirit, sprightly wit, spryness, style, suddenness, summariness, susceptibility, swift rate, swiftness, tact, tactfulness, talent, teachability, teachableness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, trainableness, velocity, verve, virtuosity, vitality, vivacity, wakefulness, willingness, wit, wizardry, workmanship, zest, zestfulness

ROGET THESAURUS

quickness

Activity

N activity, briskness, liveliness, animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy, snap, vim, nimbleness, agility, smartness, quickness, velocity, alacrity, promptitude, despatch, dispatch, expedition, haste, punctuality, eagerness, zeal, ardor, perfervidum aingenium, empressement, earnestness, intentness, abandon, vigor, devotion, exertion, industry, assiduity, assiduousness, sedulity, laboriousness, drudgery, painstaking, diligence, perseverance, indefatigation, habits of business, vigilance, wakefulness, sleeplessness, restlessness, insomnia, pervigilium, insomnium, racketing, movement, bustle, stir, fuss, ado, bother, pottering, fidget, fidgetiness, flurry, officiousness, dabbling, meddling, interference, interposition, intermeddling, tampering with, intrigue, press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action, housewife, busy bee, new brooms, sharp fellow, sharp blade, devotee, enthusiast, zealot, meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank, hummer, hustler, live man, rustler, active, brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee, lively, animated, vivacious, alive, alive and kicking, frisky, spirited, stirring, nimble, nimble as a squirrel, agile, light-footed, nimble-footed, featly, tripping, quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart, fast, quick as a lamplighter, expeditious, awake, broad awake, go-ahead, live wide-awake, forward, eager, strenuous, zealous, enterprising, in earnest, resolute, industrious, assiduous, diligent, sedulous, notable, painstaking, intent, indefatigable, unwearied, unsleeping, never tired, plodding, hard-working, businesslike, workaday, bustling, restless, restless as a hyena, fussy, fidgety, pottering, busy, busy as hen with one chicken, working, at work, on duty, in harness, up in arms, on one's legs, at call, up and doing, up and stirring, busy, occupied, hard at work, hard at it, up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger, meddling, meddlesome, pushing, officious, overofficious, intrigant, astir, stirring, agoing, afoot, on foot, in full swing, eventful, on the alert, actively, with life and spirit, with might and main &c, with haste, with wings, full tilt, in mediis rebus, Int, be alive, look alive, look sharp!, move on, push on!, keep moving!, go ahead!, stir your stumps!, age quod agis!, jaldi!, karo!, step lively!, carpe diem, seize the day, nulla dies sine linea, nec mora nec requies, the plot thickens, No sooner said than done, veni vidi vici, catch a weasel asleep, abends wird der Faule fleissig, dictum ac factum, schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Al, hard work in youth means soft rest in age, the busy hum of men.