Swift — synonyms, definition

1. swift (a)

abrupt accelerated active agile alert apt brisk direct easy expeditious express fast firm fleet free hasty headlong hurried intelligent lively • • •

2. swift (Adjective)

swift (Adjective) — Moving very fast. ex. "a swift current" ex. "swift flight of an arrow" ex. "a swift runner"

3. swift (Noun)

Dean Swift Gustavus Franklin Swift Jonathan Swift Sceloporus occidentalis blue-belly ghost moth western fence lizard

swift (Noun) — A small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.

swift (Noun) — Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks.

swift (Noun) — A yellow-brown European moth of the family Hepialidae.

swift (Noun) — United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railway cars (1839-1903).

swift (Noun) — An English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745).

apodiform bird fence lizard ironist meat packer packer ridiculer satirist Apus apus Chateura pelagica Collocalia inexpectata European swift chimney swallow chimney swift swiftlet Apodidae family Apodidae