Another word for fast
fast
modif.
Rapid
swift, fleet, quick, speedy, brisk, flying, expeditious, express, accelerated, hasty, nimble, winged, mercurial, lightninglike, flashing, swift-footed, hypersonic, high-speed, active, electric, agile, ready, dashing, swift as an arrow, quick as lightning, like a flash, quick as thought, racing, fleeting, up-tempo, hurried, precipitate, breakneck, headlong, like a bat out of hell*, lickety-split*, like a house afire*, hellbent*, on the double*, at warp speed*.
Firmly fixed
Promiscuous
wanton, loose, wild, flirtatious; see lewd 2.
Permanent in color
fadeproof, colorfast, durable, lasting, washable, vat-dyed, indelible, waterproof, fade-resistant.
fast
n.
abstinence, fast day, Lent, Ramadan, Yom Kippur, banyan day, xerophagy, anorexia, hunger strike.
fast and rapid are generally interchangeable in expressing the idea of a relatively high rate of movement or action, but fast more often refers to the person or thing that moves or acts, and rapid to the action a fast typist, rapid transcription; swift implies great rapidity, but in addition often connotes smooth, easy movement; fleet suggests a nimbleness or lightness in that which moves swiftly; quick implies promptness of action, or occurrence in a brief amount of time, rather than velocity a quick reply; speedy intensifies the idea of quickness, but may also connote high velocity a speedy recovery, a speedy flight; hasty suggests hurried action and may connote carelessness, rashness, or impatience
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Another word for fast
Characterized by great celerity:
breakneck, expeditious, fleet, quick, rapid, speedy, swift. (Informal) hell-for-leather. Idiom: quick as a bunny (or wink). See fastAccomplished in very little time:
brief, expeditious, flying, hasty, hurried, quick, rapid, short, speedy, swift. See fastLacking in moral restraint:
abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton, wild. See restraintMarked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained:
easy, libertine, light2, loose, wanton, whorish. See sexPermanently resistive to fading:
colorfast, indelible. See continuePersistently holding to something:
clinging, firm1, secure, tenacious, tight. See free, tightenFirmly settled or positioned:
firm1, secure, stable, steady, strong, sure. See continueAdhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, a cause, or a duty:
allegiant, constant, faithful, firm1, liege, loyal, staunch, steadfast, true. See continue, trust
In a rapid way:
apace, posthaste, quick, quickly. (Informal) flat out, hell-for-leather, lickety-split, pronto. Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in nothing flat, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash, like a house on fire, like a shot, like a streak, like greased lightning, like the wind, like wildfire. See fast
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