Synonyms of the word

fast

• adj. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
• adj. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
• adj. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now only in set phrases like "fast friend".).
• adj. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
• adj. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
• adj. (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
• adj. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
• adj. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or…
• adj. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
• adj. (colloquial) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
• adj. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
• adj. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
• adv. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved.
• adv. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly.
• adv. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near.
• adv. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time.
• adv. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
• n. (Britain, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination,…
• interj. (archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.
• v. (intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things,…
• n. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
• n. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.

abstain

• v. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
• v. (intransitive) Refrain from (something); hold oneself aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) Fast.
• v. (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold.

abstinence

• n. The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
• n. The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
• n. (obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
• n. (business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.

accelerated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of accelerate.
• adj. Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
• adj. Happening sooner than expected.

accelerating

• v. present participle of accelerate.
• n. An act of acceleration.

alacritous

• adj. (rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.

allegretto

• adv. (music) A direction in musical notation indicating that the musical piece should be played rather fast…
• n. (music) A movement in this time.

allegro

• n. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto…
• n. (music) In more traditional use, an expressive marking indicating lively or happily, not necessarily quick…
• n. (music) A passage having this mark.
• adv. (music) played in a quick, lively tempo.
• adj. (music) in a quick and lively manner.

andantino

• adv. (music) A tempo that is slighty faster than andante but slower than moderato.

barred

• adj. Having bars; striped.
• adj. Prevented.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of bar.

blistering

• v. present participle of blister.
• adj. Causing blisters.
• adj. Very hot.
• adj. Harsh or corrosive.
• adj. Very aggressive.
• adj. Very fast.
• n. (medicine, veterinary) The practice of forming blisters on the skin, to promote blood flow and aid healing.

bolted

• v. simple past tense and past participle of bolt.

debauched

• adj. Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted;…
• v. simple past tense and past participle of debauch.

degenerate

• adj. (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to…
• adj. (of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
• adj. (of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
• adj. (mathematics) A degenerate case is a limiting case in which a class of object changes its nature so as…
• adj. (physics) Having the same quantum energy level.
• n. One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.
• v. (intransitive) To lose good or desirable qualities.
• v. (transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

degraded

• adj. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
• adj. (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain…
• adj. (heraldry) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the…
• v. simple past tense and past participle of degrade.

desist

• v. (intransitive) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.

dissipated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of dissipate.
• adj. Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.

dissolute

• adj. Unrestrained by morality.
• adj. Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.

double-quick

• n. The double time, a marching cadence (pace) approaching running speed.
• v. (intransitive) To double-time, march (or rather run) at the above speedy pace.
• adv. Very quickly; at once; on the double.

expedited

• v. simple past tense and past participle of expedite.
• adj. accelerated.
• adj. arranged, executed or dispatched quickly or more efficiently.

express

• adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
• adj. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
• adj. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
• adj. (retail) Being a merchant offering a smaller selection of goods than a full or complete dealer of the…
• n. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
• n. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
• n. An express rifle.
• n. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
• n. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
• n. An express office.
• n. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
• v. (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
• v. (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
• v. (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
• v. (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
• n. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
• n. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.

faithful

• adj. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
• adj. Having faith.
• adj. Reliable; worthy of trust.
• adj. Consistent with reality.
• adj. Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
• n. (in the plural) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
• n. Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.

fast-paced

• adj. Moving or changing rapidly.

fastened

• v. simple past tense and past participle of fasten.

fasting

• v. present participle of fast.
• n. abstinence from food.

firm

• n. (Britain, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
• n. (business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
• n. (slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
• adj. steadfast, secure, hard (in position).
• adj. fixed (in opinion).
• adj. solid, rigid (material state).
• v. (transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
• v. (transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
• v. (intransitive) To improve after decline.
• v. (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
• v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so…

fixed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of fix.
• adj. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
• adj. Stationary.
• adj. Attached; affixed.
• adj. Chemically stable.
• adj. Supplied with what one needs.
• adj. (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
• adj. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
• adj. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
• adj. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.

fleet

• n. A group of vessels or vehicles.
• n. Any group of associated items.
• n. (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of…
• n. (nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's…
• n. (obsolete) A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide. cognate to Low German…
• n. (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
• v. (obsolete) To float.
• v. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
• v. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
• v. (nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of…
• v. (nautical, intransitive, of people) To move or change in position.
• v. (nautical, obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
• v. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
• v. To take the cream from; to skim.
• adj. (literary) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble;…
• adj. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

flying

• adj. That can fly.
• adj. Brief or hurried.
• adj. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
• n. An act of flight.
• v. present participle of fly.

high-speed

• adj. That operates, moves or takes place at a greater than normal speed.

hot

• adj. (of an object) Having a high temperature.
• adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be hot.
• adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
• adj. (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
• adj. Feverish.
• adj. (of food) Spicy.
• adj. (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
• adj. Stolen.
• adj. (incomparable) Electrically charged.
• adj. (informal) Radioactive.
• adj. (slang, of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
• adj. (slang) Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
• adj. (slang) Sexually aroused; horny.
• adj. Popular; in demand.
• adj. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
• adj. Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
• adj. Fresh; just released.
• adj. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
• adj. (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something.
• v. (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
• v. (with up) To become lively or exciting.

hurried

• adj.  Done in a hurry; rushed.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of hurry.

hurrying

• v. present participle of hurry.
• n. The act of one who hurries; hasty motion.

immediate

• adj. Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
• adj. Very close; direct or adjacent.
• adj. Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
• adj. (computer science, of an instruction operand) embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than…
• adj. (procedure word, military) To denote that a transmission is urgent.
• adj. (procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an…

immobile

• adj. not mobile, not movable.
• adj. fixed, unable to be moved.

immoral

• adj. Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.

imperviable

• adj. impervious.

impervious

• adj. Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
• adj. Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
• adj. Immune to damage or effect.

instant

• n. A very short period of time; a moment.
• n. A single, usually precise, point in time.
• n. A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
• n. A day of the current month (abbreviated as: inst.).
• adj. (dated) Impending; imminent.
• adj. (dated) Urgent; pressing; acute.
• adj. Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
• adj. Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
• adj. Very quickly and easily prepared.
• adj. Of the current month (abbreviation inst.).
• adv. (poetic) At once; immediately.

instantaneous

• adj. Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of…

latched

• v. simple past tense and past participle of latch.

libertine

• n. (historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
• n. One who is freethinking in religious matters.
• n. Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety;…
• adj. Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.

locked

• v. simple past tense and past participle of lock.
• adj. Having undergone locking; closed by a lock.
• adj. (Dublin) Very drunk.

loyal

• adj. Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
• adj. Firm in allegiance to a person or institution.
• adj. Faithful to a person or cause.

meteoric

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.
• adj. Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.
• adj. (geology) Of water: originating in the atmosphere.

prestissimo

• adj. (music) Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo.
• adv. (chiefly music) Very quickly.

presto

• adv. (music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.
• interj. Used by magicians when performing a trick; ta-da; voilà.
• n. (poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

profligate

• adj. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
• adj. Immoral; abandoned to vice.
• adj. (obsolete) Overthrown, ruined.
• n. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
• n. An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
• v. (obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.

prompt

• adj. (archaic) Ready, willing (to act).
• adj. Quick, acting without delay.
• adj. On time, punctual.
• n. A reminder or cue.
• n. (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying…
• n. (computing) A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
• n. (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
• v. (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
• v. (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying,…
• v. (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.

quick

• adj. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
• adj. Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
• adj. Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
• adj. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
• adj. Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
• adj. (archaic) Alive, living.
• adj. (archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive…
• adj. Of water: flowing.
• adj. Burning, flammable, fiery.
• adj. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
• adj. (mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren.
• adv. quickly.
• adv. (colloquial) with speed.
• n. raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
• n. plants used in making a quickset hedge.
• n. The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
• n. quitchgrass.
• n. (cricket) A fast bowler.
• v. (transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury…
• v. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To quicken.

rapid

• adj. Very swift or quick.
• adj. Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope).
• adj. Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.).
• adj. (England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
• adj. (obsolete, dialectal) Happy.
• adv. (archaic or colloquial) Rapidly.
• n. (often in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift…
• n. (dated) A burst of rapid fire.

red-hot

• adj. Heated to the point that it glows with a visible red color.
• adj. (hyperbolic) very hot.
• adj. Emotionally charged, especially with anger or enthusiasm.
• adj. Having a very strong sexual appeal.
• adj. Very fresh, new, recent and up to date.
• n. (dated, US) Alternative spelling of red hot.

refrain

• v. (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
• v. (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
• v. (intransitive) To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain.
• v. (transitive, now rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink).
• n. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
• n. A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

riotous

• adj. having the characteristics of a riot.
• adj. causing, inciting or taking part in a riot.
• adj. unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.

scurrying

• v. present participle of scurry.
• n. The motion of something that scurries.

secured

• v. simple past tense and past participle of secure.

smart

• v. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
• v. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
• v. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
• adj. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
• adj. Sharp; keen; poignant.
• adj. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
• adj. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
• adj. (often in combination) Equipped with digital/computer technology.
• adj. Good-looking.
• adj. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
• adj. Sudden and intense.
• adj. (US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
• adj. (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
• adj. (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
• adj. (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
• n. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
• n. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
• n. Smart-money.
• n. (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

smooth

• adj. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
• adj. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
• adj. Bland; glib.
• adj. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
• adj. (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.
• adj. (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
• adj. (of a motion) Unbroken.
• adj. (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
• adj. (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
• adj. (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
• adj. (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
• adj. (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s…
• adj. (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
• adj. (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
• adj. (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
• adv. Smoothly.
• n. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
• n. A smoothing action.
• n. A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
• n. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
• n. (statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
• v. To make smooth or even.
• v. To make straightforward.
• v. (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving…

speeding

• v. present participle of speed.
• adj. Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
• adj. Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).
• adj. Under the influence of the drug speed; high on amphetamines.
• n. (countable) (Instance of) acceleration.
• n. (uncountable) Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

speedy

• adj. rapid; swift.
• v. (transitive) to process in a faster than normal, accelerated way.
• v. (Internet, slang, transitive) to apply the speedy rule in an online community (often the deletion rule).
• v. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) speedy delete.

straightaway

• n. A straight section of a racetrack.
• adv. At once; immediately.
• adj. extending into the distance in a straight line.

sudden

• adj. Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
• adj. (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
• adj. (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
• adv. (poetic) Suddenly.
• n. (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

swift

• adj. Fast; quick; rapid.
• adj. Capable of moving at high speeds.
• n. (obsolete) The current of a stream.
• n. A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid…
• n. Some lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
• n. A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
• adv. (obsolete, poetic) Swiftly.

tight

• adj. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
• adj. (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass…
• adj. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
• adj. (slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
• adj. (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
• adj. (slang, British (regional)) Mean; unfair; unkind.
• adj. (obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
• adj. (obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
• adj. (poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.
• adj. (poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
• adv. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
• adv. Soundly.
• v. (obsolete) To tighten.

truehearted

• adj. Alternative form of true-hearted.

windy

• adj. Accompanied by wind.
• adj. Unsheltered and open to the wind.
• adj. Empty and lacking substance.
• adj. Long-winded; orally verbose.
• adj. Flatulent.
• adj. (slang) Nervous, frightened.
• n. (colloquial) fart.
• adj. (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

winged

• adj. Having wings.
• adj. Flying or soaring as if on wings.
• adj. Swift.
• adj. (in combination) having wings of a specified kind.
• adj. (in combination) having the specified number of wings.
• adj. Having lost a child. I am a winged parent.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of wing.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of winge.