Qualities

Synonyms for rapid

The synonym for rapid recorded in this bank is speedy, in the sense "characterized by speed". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for rapid

speedyadjective, in the sense "characterized by speed"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day rapid is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

characterized by speed

A rapid movement.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

speedy

Same sentence, swapped: A speedy movement.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where rapid stands in the sentence above.

sustained
sheer
bluff

Where rapid turns up in the game

rapid is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play rapid

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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