What is another word for like the wind?

Pronunciation: [lˈa͡ɪk ðə wˈɪnd] (IPA)

"Like the wind" is a phrase commonly used to describe something that moves quickly and with great speed. But there are many other phrases or idioms that can be used as synonyms for this phrase. Some examples include "at breakneck speed", "swift as an arrow", "like lightning", "with lightning speed", "like a whirlwind", "in the blink of an eye", "in a flash", "like a rocket", "like a bullet" and "like a cheetah". Each of these idioms paints a vivid picture of an object or person moving quickly, and can be used interchangeably with "like the wind" to add variety to your writing or speech.

What are the hypernyms for Like the wind?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Like the wind

  • I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.
    Rachel Field
  • Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.
    Soren Kierkegaard
  • Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  • The threads of wyrd are a dimension of ourselves that we cannot grasp with words. We spin webs of words, yet wyrd slips through like the wind.Your word-hoard should serve your experience, not the reverse.
    Brian Bates (psychologist)
  • There is a fair woman in the west, who is as bright as sunlight. She wears a dress of the finest silk and jewelry shines from her left, her right. Her face is a charm, so full of grace, lightly perfuming the breeze. Climbing upward, she keeps watch for her loved one, holding her sleeves, she faces the morning sun. She hovers, she drifts through the sky, waving her sleeves, she dances, flies like the wind, like a cloud, in [a] trance. Every so often, she glances at me, but for me this beauty is out of reach. Left alone, I lament my fate.
    Ruan Ji

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