quick
adjective
1. done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate.
2. that is over or completed within a short interval of time.
3. moving, or able to move, with speed.
Synonyms:
abrupt, active, agile, alert, brief, brisk, cursory, energetic, expeditious, express, fleet, flying, going, hasty, hurried, immediate, instantaneous, keen, nimble, prompt, rapid, sudden, swift
Antonyms:
crawling, dallying, dawdling, deliberate, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, languid, late, leisurely, lingering, measured, plodding, poking, pokey, slowish, sluggish, tardy, unhurried, ultraslow
Prefix: un-
Suffix: -ness, -ly, -er
Origin and Etymology:
Middle English quik, from Old English cwic; akin to Old Norse kvikr living, Latin vivus living, vivere to live, Greek bios, zōē life
First Known Use: before 12th century.