CELERITY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

celerity

noun

sə-ˈler-ə-tē

Definition of celerity

as in velocity

a high rate of movement or performance a journalist who writes his well-crafted stories with remarkable celerity

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Recent Examples of celerity As executive chair rather than simply chair, Whitman’s role is much more hands-on, acting as a close operations and strategic advisor to Morris and helping leadership sharpen strategy, improve execution, and act with celerity. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 With stunning celerity, possibility becomes probability and then certainty, as readers reject the quiet, circuitous, and unglamorous narratives of prudential compromise, ambiguous diplomacy, or incremental progress. — Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025 Electrons in solids tend to bump into atoms instead of moving uninterrupted, so being able to control them with such celerity was crucial for the team to carry out its Peter-Pan-and-his-shadow manipulation of the electron and the hole. — Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2021 The list goes on, but the difference between now and centuries ago is the frequency and celerity with which materials move between continents and the increasing intensity of climate change. — Claire Marie Porter, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2019

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In an era of baseball where launch angle and exit velocity are emphasized, home runs are prioritized and striking out has become far too acceptable, Simpson plays a different style.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
In addition, since all this debris is moving at orbital velocity, a fleck of paint traveling in the opposite direction to an operational satellite can hit it at a speed in excess of Mach 47.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026

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