ADJECTIVE | all | fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
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all | fast | (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time | |
all | fast | at a rapid tempo | |
all | fast | (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds | |
all | fast | resistant to destruction or fading | |
all | fast, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous | unrestrained by convention or morality | |
all | fast, flying, quick | hurried and brief | |
all | fast, firm, immobile | securely fixed in place | |
all | fast, firm, loyal, truehearted | unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | |
all | fast | (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time | |
ADVERB | all | fast | quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) |
all | fast, tight | firmly or closely | |
NOUN | act | fast, fasting | abstaining from food |
VERB | consumption | fast | abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons |
consumption | fast | abstain from eating |
Sounds | fae'st | |
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Rhymes | aghast ... vast: 42 rhymes with aest... |
Meaning | Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly. | |
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Attribute of | speed, swiftness, fastness | A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
Narrower | accelerated | Speeded up, as of an academic course |
alacritous | Quick and eager | |
blistering, hot, red-hot | Very fast | |
double-quick | (of a marching cadence) very quick | |
express | Without unnecessary stops | |
fast-breaking | Occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession | |
fast-paced | Of communication that proceeds rapidly | |
fleet, swift | Moving very fast | |
high-speed, high-velocity | operating at high speed | |
hurrying, scurrying | Moving with great haste | |
immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway | Performed with little or no delay | |
instantaneous, instant | Occurring with no delay | |
meteoric | like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience | |
quick, speedy | accomplished / accomplished rapidly and without delay | |
rapid | Done or occurring in a brief period of time | |
rapid, speedy | Characterized by speed | |
smart | Quick and brisk | |
windy | resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability | |
winged | Very fast | |
See also | hurried | Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste |
sudden | happening / happening without warning or in a short space of time | |
Opposite | slow | not moving quickly |
Spanish | rápido, veloz | |
Catalan | veloç | |
Nouns | fastness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
Meaning | (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time. | |
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Example | "my watch is fast" | |
Opposite | slow | (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time |
Meaning | At a rapid tempo. | |
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Example | "the band played a fast fox trot" | |
Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
Narrower | allegretto | (of tempo) faster than allegro |
allegro | (of tempo) fast | |
andantino | (of tempo) moderately fast | |
prestissimo | (of tempo) as fast as possible | |
presto | (of tempo) very fast | |
vivace | (of tempo) very fast and lively | |
Opposite | slow | At a slow tempo |
Spanish | animado, rápido | |
Nouns | fastness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
Meaning | (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds. | |
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Broader | smooth | Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
Meaning | resistant to destruction or fading. | |
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Example | "fast colors" | |
Broader | impervious, imperviable | not admitting of passage / passage or capable of being affected |
Meaning | unrestrained by convention or morality. | |
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Example | "fast women" | |
Synonyms | debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous | |
Broader | immoral | deliberately violating / violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
Spanish | degenerado, degradado, depravado, disoluto, libertino, vicioso | |
Catalan | degenerat, degradat, dissolut, llicenciós, viciós |
Meaning | hurried and brief. | |
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Example | "a fast visit" | |
Synonyms | flying, quick | |
Broader | hurried | Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste |
Spanish | rápido, superficial | |
Nouns | fastness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
Meaning | Securely fixed in place. | |
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Synonyms | firm, immobile | |
Broader | fixed | Securely placed or fastened or set |
Spanish | rápido | |
Catalan | ferm | |
Nouns | fastness | the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment |
Meaning | unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause. | |
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Example | "fast friends" | |
Synonyms | firm, loyal, truehearted | |
Broader | faithful | steadfast in affection or allegiance |
Spanish | constante, fiel, firme, leal | |
Catalan | constant, ferm, fidel, lleial |
Meaning | (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time. | |
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Example | "a fast lens" | |
Broader | causative | producing an effect |
Meaning | abstaining from food. | |
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Synonym | fasting | |
Narrower | Ramadan | (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset / sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan |
diet, dieting | The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | |
hunger strike | A voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest | |
Broader | abstinence | Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite |
Spanish | ayuno | |
Catalan | dejuni, dia dejunat | |
Verbs | fast | abstain from eating |
fast | abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons |
Meaning | quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form). | |
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Spanish | rapidamente, rápidamente |
Meaning | firmly or closely. | |
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Synonym | tight | |
Spanish | apretado, fuertemente, rápidamente |
Meaning | abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent" | |
Narrower | diet | Follow a regimen or a diet / diet, as for health reasons |
Broader | abstain, refrain, desist | choose not to consume |
Spanish | ayunar | |
Catalan | dejunar | |
Nouns | fast, fasting | abstaining from food |
Meaning | abstain from eating. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "Before the medical exam, you must fast" | |
Narrower | diet | Eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight |
Broader | abstain, refrain, desist | choose not to consume |
Spanish | ayunar | |
Catalan | dejunar | |
Nouns | fast, fasting | abstaining from food |
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