quick

Meaning

1. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
2. Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
3. Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
4. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
5. Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
6. Alive, living.
7. At the stage where it can be felt to move in the uterus.
8. Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
9. Flowing, not stagnant.
10. Burning, flammable, fiery.
11. (obsolete) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
12. productive; not "dead" or barren

quick

fast

rapid

swift

speedy

prompt

agile

nimble

smart

quickly

expeditious

brisk

hasty

lively

alert

sharp

active

fleet

hurried

sudden

ready

clever

immediate

hurry

promptly

deft

energetic

flying

spry

strong

shrewd

speed

intelligent

bright

diligent

soon

hasten

instantaneous

efficient

powerful

straightaway

living

early

be fast

swiftly

presto

hurry up

alive

quick-witted

adroit

urgent

express

easy

apt

nippy

mercurial

fluent

resourceful

keen

warm

lissom

live

snappy

be agile

be active

light

pronto

cursory

perky

dexterous

do quickly

ably

large

much

very

light-footed

bold

resolute

pacey

high-velocity

simple

satisfactory

finishing up in a hurry

wild

flurriedly

hastily

hurriedly

in a nervous hurry

urgently

impetuous

astute

animated

busy

profitable

successful

dry

free-flowing

friable

possessed of coursers

not delaying

without delay

running swiftly

eager

unremitting

swift of foot

inconsiderate

making haste

sensitive flesh

expedite

feathered

merry

mobile

heart

life

quickset

round

sharpish

short

slippy

speedful

tantivy

telegraphic

volant

wing-footed

winged

liquid

quick-moving

quick-walking

vigorous

be diligent

strong and agile

willing

white

be brisk

be energetic

be fleet

be nimble

be rapid

be speedy

be swift

be clever

honest

kind

skilled

rattling

apace

bobbish

bouncing

breezy

buoyant

buxom

cheery

chipper

crisp

dapper

dashing

frisky

gay

grig

jaunty

lightsome

lurid

peppy

poignant

racy

vibrant

vivacious

vivid

volatile

zippy

cursorily

speedily

rapidly

precipitate

spanking

yare

velocity

good

immediately

at once

right away

fast-moving

attentive

right now

nerve

nervus

solicitous

artful

fast-flying

high-speed

precipitant

readily

unhesitatingly

swift-footed

instant

rough-and-ready

flesh and blood

courageous

bustling

brave

sharp-tongued

flexible

turn

short while

in a hurry

quicker

quickest

decisive

punctual

veloce

shifty

frequent

acute

expert

fast-speed

promptness

sensitive

quiver

belive

in short order

jildi

jildy

lickety-split

most Rikki-Tik

one-two-three

post-haste

posthaste

quicksmart

rathe

smartly

straight away

slap-dash

rush

earlier

hot

anxious

suddenly

abrupt

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwɪk/

From Middle English quik, quic, from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), *gʷeyh₃w- (“to live”). Cognate with Dutch kwik, kwiek, German keck, Danish kvik (“quick, quick-witted”) and Danish kæk (“bold; spirited”), Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas (“alive”), Latvian dzīvs (“alive”), Russian живо́й (živój), Polish żywy (“alive”), Welsh byw (“alive”), Irish beo (“alive”), biathaigh (“feed”), Northern Kurdish jîn (“to live”), jiyan (“life”), giyan (“soul”), can (“soul”), Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “living”), Albanian nxit (“to urge, stimulate”). Doublet of jiva.