Swift

Adjective

 * 1) fast; quick; rapid.
 * 2) Capable of moving at high speeds.

Noun

 * 1)  The current of a stream.
 * 2) A small plain-colored bird (of the family Micropodidæ) that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. Common European swift: Cypselus, ∨ Micropus, apus. The common American, or chimney, swift: Chætura pelagica. The Australian swift: Chætura caudacuta. The European Alpine swift: Cypselus melba. The common Indian swift: Cypselus affinis.
 * 3) A western fence lizard, swift, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis -- (common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks)
 * 4) The ghost moth.

Thesaurus
abrupt, agile, alacritous, alert, apt, breakneck, brief, brisk, cometary, cursory, dashing, decisive, dispatchful, double-quick, eagle-winged, electrifying, expeditious, express, fast, festinate, feverish, flashing, flat-out, fleet, flickering, flying, full tilt, furious, galloping, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hurried, hustling, immediate, impetuous, impulsive, instant, instantaneous, last-minute, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mercurial, meteoric, nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, on the spot, passing, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, prompt, promptly, punctual, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quickly, raking, rapid, rapidly, ready, reckless, running, sharp, shocking, short, short and sweet, short-term, short-termed, slap-bang, slapdash, smart, snap, snappy, spanking, speedily, speedy, spry, startling, sudden, summary, superficial, supersonic, surprising, swiftly, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredicted, urgent, winged

Etymology
From, from swift:, from , from. Cognate with svipta:,  swifan:. More at.

Adjective

 * Czech:, , svižný
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German: schnell
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , , , , celere


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, grad
 * Slovak: rýchly
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * Catalan: falciot
 * Chechen:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: piiritaja
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:


 * Latvian: svīre
 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ainleag-dhubh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: mönasval,  mönasvalül


 * Italian: ,

Derived terms

 * swiftly

Adjective
swift


 * 1) swift

Etymology
From the verb swīfan

Descendants

 * English: swift