Nimble

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft: nimble fingers. See Synonyms at dexterous.
  • adj. Quick, clever, and acute in devising or understanding: nimble wits.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Quick and light in movement or action.
  • adj. Quick-witted and alert.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Light and quick in motion; active; moving with ease and celerity; marked by ease and rapidity of motion; lively; swift.
  • Keen; sharp.
  • Quick to apprehend; apprehensive; acute; penetrating.
  • Synonyms Light, brisk, expeditious, speedy, spry; Nimble, Agile. The last two words express lightness and quickness in motion, the former being more suggestive of the use of the feet, the latter of that of the whole lower limbs.
  • Fresh or strong: applied to tanliquor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. moving quickly and lightly
  • adj. mentally quick
  • Equivalent
    active    intelligent   
    Cross Reference
    ready   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lively    brisk    quick    active    prompt    agile    swift   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Trimble    cymbal    symbol    thimble   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agile    lithe    shrewd    lively    resourceful    dexterous    sprightly    brisk    adroit    inventive