speed limit

Noun

Meaning

regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

terminal velocity top speed maximum velocity limitation of the speed maximum allowed speed maximum permitted speed maximum speed border rapid rate speed boundary speed inhibition speed restriction permitted speed absolute maximum speed speed limitation legal speed
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Antonyms

slight speed reduced rate little velocity low velocity small speed minimum rate
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Hypernyms

regulation ordinance

Related terms

speeder speeding speedometer speed trap

Examples

Once in pre-war days, when curiously-bonneted women drivers were familiar sights at the taxi-wheels, I cried out to one in my dismay: "Is there no speed limit in this mad city?" "Oh, yes, monsieur," she answered sweetly over her shoulder, "but no one has ever succeeded in reaching it." Alexander Woollcott

Garcia wondered why people with JESUS stickers on their bumper always drove twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. If God was my co-pilot, he thought, I'd be doing a hundred and twenty. Carl Hiaasen

I never exceed the posted speed limit. Jason Priestley

I am one of four people in Johannesburg who drives at the speed limit and pays his fines. The city council has us on six-hour shifts, so it works out. Vittorio Leonardi

I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed. Maggie Stiefvater

I get tickets all the time and can't stay under the speed limit. I'm bad at that. Amber Heard

Close letter words and terms

speed hump speed indicator speed inhibition speed limitation speed limitation device speed limiter