rapid

Examples

• All

• The bears have learned that the salmon can only navigate the rapids during rainstorms.

  Academic text (2001)

• The Blackwater River drops 66 feet and then makes its way through the rapids of Blackwater Canyon.

  Academic text (2001)

• It's on this rapid in the very middle.

• - Henry, how much longer do the rapids go on?

  A New Leaf (1971)

• But we got past the rapids all right.

  Red Dust (1932)

• But there are more rapids in the Grand River than in any river in Canada.

  Academic text (2011)

• Here, they often had to run the rapids because there was no place to stop and lower the boats.

  Academic text (2007)

• Up ahead, the river runs over rapids before passing around a bend.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The big gravel-braided river shone a deep blue, with white-tipped rapids foaming over submerged rocks.

  Fiction book (1990)

• We learned how to safely navigate the rapids when kayaking down the river.

Synonyms

R

rip

vsrapid

• Specialized

6 8.4

A strong fast current in water that pulls swimmers away

is about fast rough river stretches not limited to being caused by crossing currents

W

white water rapid

vsrapid

1 4.2

A fast, rough part of a river with white foamy waves

is the general very fast rough river stretch without froth emphasis

Antonyms

C

calm

680 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

S

still

593 1.0

Not moving or making a sound

Compounds

R

rapid growth

19 2.8

A quick increase in size, number, or importance

R

rapid change

11 3.3

A quick move from one state to another

R

rapid response

11 3.5

A quick reaction to an emergency or sudden problem

R

rapid pace

7 2.9

A speed of progress much faster than usual

R

rapid transit

7 3.2

A fast public train system in a city that runs often and carries many people

R

rapid eye movement

• Specialized

3 3.9

A stage of sleep when the eyes move quickly and you have vivid dreams

R

rapid spread

2 3.7

A fast increase that affects many people or places

R

rapid eye movement sleep

• Specialized

1 3.7

A sleep stage when the eyes move quickly and most dreaming happens

W

white water rapid

1 4.2

A fast, rough part of a river with white foamy waves

M

mass rapid transit

1 3.7

A system of underground or above ground trains that carries many people quickly

R

rapid climb

1 3.6

A quick rise in amount or level

R

rapid unscheduled disassembly

• Jargon

1 8.6

A joking way to say a sudden violent failure of a rocket or satellite, often an explosion

How Fast

whitewater

8 4.8

rapid

24 5.1

run

• US

2 4.5

riffle

3 6.8

Surface Forms

Etymology