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high-speed

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 S P IY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That operates, moves or takes place at a greater than normal speed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: low-speed

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

operating at high speed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a high-speed food processor
  • a high-velocity shell

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: high-velocity

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: бързоходен (bǎrzohoden) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Bulgarian: бързодействащ (bǎrzodejstvašt) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高速 (gāosù) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Czech: vysokorychlostní — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Finnish: nopea — operates at greater than normal speed
  • French: à grande vitesse — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Georgian: მაღალსიჩქარიანი (maɣalsičkariani) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Georgian: სწრაფმავალი (sc̣rapmavali) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Georgian: ჩქაროსნული ( (čkarosnuli) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • German: hochtourig — operates at greater than normal speed
  • German: schnelllaufend — operates at greater than normal speed
  • German: superschnell — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Irish: mórluais — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Japanese: 高速 (kōsoku) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Korean: 고속 (gosok) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Malayalam: അതിവേഗ (ativēga) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Khiamniungan Naga: vōngtā — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hurtiggående — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høyhastighets- — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Polish: szybkobieżny — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Russian: высо́коскоростно́й (vysókoskorostnój) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Russian: скоростно́й (skorostnój) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Swedish: höghastighets- — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Swedish: högfarts- — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Turkish: yüksek devirli — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Turkish: yüksek hızlı — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Turkish: yüksek süratli — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Ukrainian: високошви́дкісний (vysokošvýdkisnyj) — operates at greater than normal speed
  • Vietnamese: cao tốc — operates at greater than normal speed
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