ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase; smart rate, lively rate, swift rate &c adj.; rattling
rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace,
spanking pace, strapping pace; round pace; flying, flight.
lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind; cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart,
hydrargyrum [Lat.], quicksilver; telegraph, express train; torrent.
eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel
bird, chickaree † , chipmunk, hackee [U.S.], ostrich, scorcher [Slang].
Mercury, Ariel † , Camilla † , Harlequin.
[Measurement of velocity] log, log line; speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe,
radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter;
pedometer.
V. move quickly, trip, fisk † ; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle † ; scour,
scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear,
whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel;
scorch, burn up the track; rush &c (be violent) 173; dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt;
trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in
double time; ride hard, get over the ground.
hurry &c (hasten) 684; accelerate, put on; quicken; quicken one's pace, mend one's
pace; clap spurs to one's horse; make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches,
make the best of one's way; put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's
way, set off at a score; carry sail, crowd sail; go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead,
gain ground; outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind.
keep up with, keep pace with; outstrip &c 303; outmarch † .
Adj. fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet; aliped † ; nimble, agile, expeditious; express;
active &c 682; flying, galloping &c v.; light footed, nimble footed; winged, eagle
winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic; light-legged, light of heel; swift as an arrow &c
n.; quick as lightning &c n., quick as a thought.
Adv. swiftly &c adj.; with speed &c n.; apace; at a great rate, at full speed, at railway
speed; full drive, full gallop; posthaste, in full sail, tantivy † ; trippingly; instantaneously
&c 113.
under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam; velis et remis
[Lat.], on eagle's wing, in double quick time; with rapid strides, with giant strides; a pas
de geant [Fr.]; in seven league boots; whip and spur; ventre a terre [Fr.]; as fast as one's
legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one; as fast as one can lay legs to the
ground, at the top of one's speed; by leaps and bounds; with haste &c 684.
Phr. vires acquirit eundo [Lat.]; I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes
[M.N.D.]; swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow [M.N.D.]; go like a bat out of hell;
tempus fugit [Lat.].
275. Slowness -- N. slowness &c adj.; languor &c (inactivity) 683; drawl; creeping &c
v., lentor † .
retardation; slackening &c v.; delay &c (lateness) 133; claudication † .
jog trot, dog trot; mincing steps; slow march, slow time.
slow goer † , slow coach, slow back; lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail; poke
[U.S.]; dawdle &c (inactive) 683.