Synonyms of the word

fastness

• n. A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress.
• n. The state of being fast.
• n. The ability of a dye to withstand fading.

defence

• n. The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
• n. Something used to oppose attack(s).
• n. An argument in support or justification of something.
• n. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with…
• n. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with…
• n. Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
• n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify.

defense

• n. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
• n. Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
• n. An argument in support or justification of something.
• n. (government, military) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
• n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

fixedness

• n. The state or condition of being fixed.

fixity

• n. (uncountable) The state or condition of being fixed.
• n. (countable) Something fixed.
• n. (programming) Synonym of associativity.

fixture

• n. (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property…
• n. A regular patron of a place or institution.
• n. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
• n. (sports) A scheduled match.
• n. (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
• n. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
• v. (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).

immovability

• n. The state of being immovable.

immovableness

• n. The quality of being immovable.

pace

• n. (obsolete) Passage, route.
• n. Step.
• n. Way of stepping.
• n. Speed or velocity in general.
• n. (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed…
• n. A group of donkeys. The collective noun for donkeys.
• adj. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
• v. Walk to and fro in a small space.
• v. Set the speed in a race.
• v. Measure by walking.
• prep. (formal) With all due respect to.
• n. Easter.

rate

• n. (obsolete) The worth of something; value.
• n. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
• n. Speed.
• n. The relative speed of change or progress.
• n. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
• n. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
• n. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
• n. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
• n. (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
• n. (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
• n. (obsolete) Order; arrangement.
• n. (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
• n. (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
• v. (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
• v. (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
• v. (transitive) To consider or regard.
• v. (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
• v. (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
• v. (transitive, chiefly Britain) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
• v. (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
• v. (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
• v. (intransitive) To have value or standing.
• v. (transitive) To ratify.
• v. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
• v. (transitive) To berate, scold.

secureness

• n. the quality or state of being secure, security.

speed

• n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
• n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the…
• n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
• n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
• n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
• n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a…
• n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
• n. (slang) Personal preference.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
• v. (intransitive) To go fast.
• v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
• v. (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
• v. (obsolete) To be expedient.
• v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
• v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
• v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
• v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

stronghold

• n. A fortress.
• n. A place of refuge, survival or domination by a particular group or idea.

swiftness

• n. The state of being swift.