fleet

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. navy; flotilla, squadron, argosy, armada. See ship, combatant, assemblage. —adj. swift, speedy, nimble. See velocity.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. swift, rapid, speedy; see fast 1 .

See Synonym Study at fast . n.

Syn. armada, flotilla, naval force, argosy, invasion force, task force, squadron, formation, line; see also navy .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

flotilla, armada, squadron, convoy, navy. see navy

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a.

fast, swift, quick, rapid, speedy, mercurial, hasty, expeditious, meteoric, nimble.

ANT.: slow, plodding, slothful, dragging

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Characterized by great celerity: breakneck, expeditious, fast, quick, rapid, speedy, swift. Informal: hell-for-leather. Idiom: quick as a bunny (or wink). See FAST. 2. Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory. See CONTINUE, TIME. II verb To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal: hotfoot, rip. Slang: barrel, highball. Chiefly British: nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See MOVE.