Definition of speeds

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• speeds is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• speeds is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• speeds is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of speeds

• a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens (noun)

  Examples

  1. the project advanced with gratifying speed

  Synonyms

  1. fastness
  2. swiftness
• a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. amphetamine
  2. pep pill
  3. upper
• cause to move faster (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. accelerate
  2. speed up
• move hurridly (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. belt along
  2. bucket along
  3. cannonball along
  4. hasten
  5. hie
  6. hotfoot
  7. pelt along
  8. race
  9. rush
  10. rush along
  11. step on it
• changing location rapidly (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. hurrying
  2. speeding
• move very fast (verb)

  Examples

  1. The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed

  Synonyms

  1. hurry
  2. travel rapidly
  3. zip
• move faster (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. accelerate
  2. quicken
  3. speed up
• the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. f number
  2. focal ratio
  3. stop number
• distance travelled per unit time (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. velocity
• travel at an excessive or illegal velocity (verb)

  Examples

  1. I got a ticket for speeding

See definition of speeds in Merriam Webster