velocitynoun [ C or U ]
uk/vəˈlɒs.ə.ti/us/vəˈlɑː.sə.t̬i/formalthe speed at which an object is travelling:
Light travels at the highest achievable velocity in the universe.
He always used high velocity lead bullets in his rifle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Speed of motion
- airspeed
- at full/half throttle idiom
- brisk
- burst
- celerity
- clip
- fleet
- going
- ground speed
- momentum
- pacy
- rapid
- rate
- speed
- speedy
- swift
- throttle
- top
- zip
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