speedy

Other forms of speedy

comparative or superlative

speedier

comparative or superlative

speediest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about speedy

What does speedy mean?

speedy means "characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in speedy?

speedy has 2 syllables: spee-dy. The stress falls on "spee". In IPA it is /ˈspiˌdi/.

What is another word for speedy?

Close synonyms include rapid, quick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is speedy a common word?

speedy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with speedy?

21 words rhyme with speedy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.