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Popular Synonym - Fast
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Synonyms: ahead, gaining, in
advance
Antonym: slow
Synonyms: debauched, wild,
reckless, dissolute,
profligate, wanton, loose
Synonyms: firm, steadfast,
constant, unwavering,
faithful, staunch
Antonym: fickle
Synonyms: quick, speedy,
rapid, swift, express, hasty,
high-speed, prompt, immediate,
expeditious, fleet, winged,
brisk, flying
Antonym: slow
Synonyms: sudden, sharp,
fleeting, momentary,
short-lived, brief, abrupt,
hurried, precipitous
Antonym: long-lasting
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The noun fast has 1 sense
(first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) fast, fasting --
(abstaining from food)
The verb fast has 2 senses (no
senses from tagged texts)
1. fast -- (abstain from
certain foods, as for
religious or medical reasons;
"Catholics sometimes fast
during Lent")
2. fast -- (abstain from
eating; "Before the medical
exam, you must fast")
The adj fast has 10 senses
(first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (22) fast -- (acting or
moving or capable of acting or
moving quickly; "fast film";
"on the fast track in school";
"set a fast pace"; "a fast
car")
2. fast -- ((used of
timepieces) indicating a time
ahead of or later than the
correct time; "my watch is
fast")
3. fast -- (at a rapid tempo;
"the band played a fast fox
trot")
4. fast -- ((of surfaces)
conducive to rapid speeds; "a
fast road"; "grass courts are
faster than clay")
5. barred, bolted, fast,
latched, locked, secured --
(firmly fastened or secured
against opening; "windows and
doors were all fast"; "a
locked closet"; "left the
house properly secured")
6. fast -- (resistant to
destruction or fading; "fast
colors")
7. debauched, degenerate,
degraded, dissipated,
dissolute, libertine,
profligate, riotous, fast --
(unrestrained by convention or
morality; "Congreve draws a
debauched aristocratic
society"; "deplorably
dissipated and degraded";
"riotous living"; "fast
women")
8. flying, quick, fast --
(hurried and brief; "paid a
flying visit"; "took a flying
glance at the book"; "a quick
inspection"; "a fast visit")
9. fast, firm, immobile --
(securely fixed in place; "the
post was still firm after
being hit by the car")
10. firm, loyal, truehearted,
fast -- (unwavering in
devotion to friend or vow or
cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal
supporters"; "the true-hearted
soldier...of Tippecanoe"-
Campaign song for William
Henry Harrison; "fast
friends")
The adv fast has 2 senses
(first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (17) fast -- (quickly or
rapidly (often used as a
combining form); "how fast can
he get here?"; "ran as fast as
he could"; "needs medical help
fast"; "fast-running rivers";
"fast-breaking news";
"fast-opening (or
fast-closing) shutters")
2. (1) fast, tight -- (firmly
or tightly; "held fast to the
rope"; "her foot was stuck
fast"; "held tight")
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1 sense of fast
Sense 1
fast, fasting -- (abstaining
from food)
-> abstinence -- (act or
practice of refraining from
indulging an appetite)
=> chastity, celibacy, sexual
abstention -- (abstaining from
sexual relations (as because
of religious vows))
=> sobriety, temperance --
(abstaining from excess)
=> teetotaling, teetotalism --
(abstaining from alcohol)
=> fast, fasting --
(abstaining from food)
=> inhibition, suppression --
((psychology) the conscious
exclusion of unacceptable
thoughts or desires)
=> sawm -- (the third pillar
of Islam is fasting (primarily
during the month of Ramadan);
Muslims abstain from food and
drink and gambling and all
sensuous pleasures from
sunrise to sunset during
Ramadan)
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