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quick-thinking

quick-thinking adjective: having the ability to think or react quickly.

Adjective

quick-thinking

  1. Having the ability to think or react quickly.
    • But there have also been countless tales of quick-thinking railway workers who have prevented incidents from turning into disasters.2020 August 26, Christian Wolmar, “The industry must respond more quickly to this latest risk”, in Rail, page 51

Synonyms of quick-thinking

Words formed from quick-thinking

Questions about quick-thinking

What does quick-thinking mean?
Quick-thinking means having the ability to think or react quickly.
What part of speech is quick-thinking?
Quick-thinking is an adjective.

Words near quick-thinking in the dictionary

  1. quick-hearted
  2. quick-like
  3. quick-setting
  4. quick-sighted
  5. quick-tempered
  6. quick-thinking
  7. quick-thinkingness
  8. quick-tongued
  9. quick-witted
  10. quick-wittedly
  11. quick-wittedness

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