Words that rhyme with swiftness

  • ancientness
    n 1: extreme oldness [syn: ancientness, antiquity]
  • apparentness
    n 1: the property of being apparent [syn: apparentness, apparency]
  • bluntness
    n 1: the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman" 2: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn: dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness, sharpness]
  • chasteness
    n 1: lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" [syn: chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simpleness]
  • daftness
    n 1: informal terms for insanity [syn: craziness, daftness, flakiness]
  • deftness
    n 1: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" [syn: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness]
  • fastness
    n 1: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed, swiftness, fastness] 2: the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness] 3: a strongly fortified defensive structure [syn: stronghold, fastness]
  • intentness
    n 1: the quality of being intent and concentrated; "the intentness of his gaze" [syn: intentness, engrossment]
  • justness
    n 1: conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" [syn: justness, rightness, nicety] 2: the quality of being just or fair [syn: justice, justness] [ant: injustice, unjustness]
  • moistness
    n 1: a slight wetness [syn: damp, dampness, moistness]
  • pleasantness
    n 1: the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling [ant: unpleasantness] 2: the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day" [syn: pleasantness, sweetness] [ant: unpleasantness]
  • quickness
    n 1: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" [syn: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness] 2: intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay [syn: mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness] 3: a rate that is rapid [syn: celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness]
  • recentness
    n 1: a time immediately before the present [syn: recency, recentness] 2: the property of having happened or appeared not long ago [syn: recency, recentness]
  • robustness
    n 1: the property of being strong and healthy in constitution [syn: robustness, hardiness, lustiness, validity] 2: the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge; "the lack of robustness in the findings may be due to the small size of the sample"
  • shamefacedness
    n 1: feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: shamefacedness, sheepishness]
  • softness
    n 1: the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded [ant: hardness] 2: poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury) [syn: unfitness, softness] [ant: fitness, physical fitness] 3: the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing; "the day's heat faded into balminess"; "the climate had the softness of the south of France" [syn: balminess, softness] 4: a state of declining economic condition; "orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness"; "he attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy" 5: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency; "and in softness almost beyond hearing" [ant: intensity, loudness, volume] 6: a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare; "the softness of the morning sky" 7: acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered; "his fingers have learned gentleness"; "suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby"; "even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough" [syn: gentleness, softness, mildness] 8: the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines [syn: indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness] [ant: distinctness, sharpness] 9: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness] 10: a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is not something permitted of good leaders"
  • steadfastness
    n 1: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty [syn: steadfastness, staunchness] 2: steadfast resolution
  • unpleasantness
    n 1: the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling [ant: pleasantness] 2: the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather" [ant: pleasantness, sweetness]
  • vastness
    n 1: unusual largeness in size or extent or number [syn: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness]
  • presentness
    n 1: the quality of being the present; "a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller [syn: presentness, nowness] [ant: futurity, pastness]
  • augustness
  • barefacedness
  • brilliantness
  • distantness
  • farfetchedness

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