swift
Fast; quick; rapid.
Adjective 3 meanings
Fast; quick; rapid.
“swift response”
Capable of moving at high speeds.
Quick-thinking; bright.
Noun 4 meanings
A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
Etymology
From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.
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SWIFT at a glance
SWIFT has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (S 1 + W 4 + I 1 + F 4 + T 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,539 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with swift
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- SNIFT8
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