Synonyms for promptness
Definitions
- n. 1
The habit or characteristic of doing things without delay.
Forms
- Plural
- promptnesses → alacrities, quicknesses, rapidities, swiftnesses…
Example sentences
- swiftness The kite soared upwards with the swiftness of a bird.
- rapidity He astonished us by the rapidity of his movements.
- alacrity I was shocked by the alacrity with which my typos and gaffes were pointed out.
- punctuality Our teacher dwelt on the importance of punctuality.
- timeliness Timeliness of data is critical to its relevance for decision making.
By length
- 5 letters
- hurry2, haste1
- 8 letters
- dispatch2, despatch, alacrity4, rapidity4, celerity4
- 9 letters
- readiness3, quickness2, alertness3, swiftness2
- 10 letters
- expedition4, timeliness3
- 11 letters
- punctuality5, forwardness, promptitude
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hurry2 = 2 syllables).