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rapider

rapider is the comparative form of rapid.

Meaning of rapid

Adjective

rapid (comparative more rapid or (proscribed) rapider, superlative most rapid or (proscribed) rapidest)

  1. Very swift or quick.
    • a rapid stream
  2. Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
  3. Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
  4. (England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
  5. (dialectal, obsolete) Happy.

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Questions about rapider

What is rapider the comparative form of?
Rapider is the comparative form of rapid.

Words near rapider in the dictionary

  1. rapid-fire
  2. rapid-onset gender dysphoria
  3. Rapidan
  4. Rapidan Township
  5. rapidcreekite
  6. rapider
  7. Rapides Parish
  8. rapidest
  9. rapidities
  10. rapidity
  11. rapidless

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