List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 258

SYNONYMS: nimble, agile, quick, brisk, facile, spry.
These adjectives mean moving, performing, or done quickly, lightly, and adroitly.

Nimble suggests rapidity, ease, and deftness: as nimble as a deer; nimble feet. For nimble thought can jump both sea and land (Shakespeare).
Agile implies dexterity, as in the use of the hands: as sleek and agile as a gymnast; an agile intellect.
Quick connotes readiness, liveliness, energy, and speed: a quick mind; quick of foot.
Brisk suggests sprightliness and a spirited quality: played the concerto at a brisk tempo. He is as brisk as a bee in conversation.
Facile implies ease and fluency of performance; sometimes it has the disparaging implications of superficiality, cursoriness, or glibness: a facile hand; the gift of facile expression: He cancan dazzle anyone anywhere with his facile tongue
Spry usually suggests unexpected speed and energy of motion: The old dog was so spry that it was in the door and up the stairs before we could stop it.