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Synonyms for promptitude

  • noun

Most common

hurry expedition quickness promptness animation

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Noun

1. Quality of being prompt

promptness, quickness, hurry, expedition, dispatch, despatch UK, readiness, haste, swiftness, rapidity, alacrity, celerity

Other

animation

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The quality of being prompt; alacrity.

Forms

Plural
promptitudes → promptnesses, quicknesses, hurries, expeditions…

Example sentences

  • hurry Hurry up, and you will be able to catch the train.
  • expedition Where had she been during that strange expedition?
  • promptness He replied with promptness and courtesy.
  • animation The animation is on the air even in other countries.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
promptitudefalling
hurryrising
expeditionsteady
quicknessrising
promptnessfalling
animationrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
hurry2, haste1
8 letters
dispatch2, despatch, rapidity4, alacrity4, celerity4
9 letters
animation4, readiness3, quickness2, swiftness2
10 letters
expedition4, promptness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hurry2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
promptitude
Español
prontitud