🚢 A group of vehicles 💨 To move quickly 🌫️ To fade away 🏃 Very fast

fleet

5.2

Moving very fast

adjective
/flit/

: rápido

The fleet footed messenger delivered the news in record time.

Examples

With her fleet movements, the dancer captivated the audience.
The fleet runner sprinted past everyone in the final stretch of the race.
It was here that the Carthaginians split their fleet in three to attempt to draw apart and envelope the compact Roman formation.
As the mists fade, he spots a massive approaching fleet of Chinese junks, all united under one man, the pirate King of Southern China.

Synonyms

rapid

vsfleet

295 1.3

Happening very quickly

emphasizes quick movement specifically rather than any fast event

swift

vsfleet

118 1.4

Moving or happening very quickly

refers to actual fast motion rather than mere ability or quickness

yar

vsfleet

Jargon

9.9

Quick and easy to steer, like a small sailboat

means fast in movement not specifically agile handling like a boat

Antonyms

slow

∞ 1.0

Moving or happening at a low speed

sluggish

30 3.9

Moving or working slowly and with little energy

Compounds

battle fleet

Specialized

2 5.0

A group of military ships organized to fight together

Fleet Street

Literature

1 4.4

A name for the national newspapers and journalists in Britain

fleet admiral

Specialized

1 8.2

A top officer who commands all ships in a country's navy

fleet ballistic missile submarine

Specialized

9.6

A large submarine that carries nuclear missiles to stop enemies from attacking a country

Fleet Street

Literature

5.3

A street in central London once where many newspapers had their offices

How Fast

rapid

295 1.3

swift

118 1.4

fleet

5.2

fast

∞ 1.0

quick

183 1.0

Surface Forms

fleet positive

fleeter comparative

fleetest superlative

Etymology

Fleet as an adjective comes from the same root meaning 'to move or glide', seen in the phrase fleet-footed. So if someone or something is 'fleet', they are very quick or swift.