Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quickness
3 senses of quickness
Sense 1
adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness -- (skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer")
=> skillfulness -- (the state of being cognitively skillful)
Sense 2
mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness -- (intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay)
=> intelligence -- (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
Sense 3
celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness -- (a rate that is rapid)
=> pace, rate -- (the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated")