swift

1. 1.

   moving very fast

   “fleet of foot”

   “the fleet scurrying of squirrels”

   “a swift current”

   “swift flight of an arrow”

   “a swift runner”

   Synonymsfleet

   Similarfast

Other forms of swift

plural

swifts·

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 swift

What does swift mean?

swift means "United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in swift?

swift has 1 syllable: swift. In IPA it is /ˈswɪft/.

What is another word for swift?

Close synonyms include Gustavus Franklin Swift, Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift, western fence lizard, blue-belly. 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 swift a common word?

swift is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.