| 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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