FAST
Dictionary entry overview: What does fast mean?
• FAST (noun)
The noun FAST has 1 sense:
1. abstaining from food
Familiarity information: FAST used as a noun is very rare.
• FAST (adjective)
The adjective FAST has 10 senses:
1. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
2. (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
3. at a rapid tempo
4. (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
5. firmly fastened or secured against opening
6. resistant to destruction or fading
7. unrestrained by convention or morality
8. hurried and brief
9. securely fixed in place
10. unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
Familiarity information: FAST used as an adjective is familiar.
• FAST (verb)
The verb FAST has 2 senses:
1. abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
2. abstain from eating
Familiarity information: FAST used as a verb is rare.
• FAST (adverb)
The adverb FAST has 2 senses:
1. quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
2. firmly or tightly
Familiarity information: FAST used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAST (noun)
Meaning:
Abstaining from food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fast; fasting
Hypernyms ("fast" is a kind of...):
abstinence (act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fast"):
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)
Ramadan ((Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan)
• FAST (adjective)
Meaning:
Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
Context examples:
fast film / on the fast track in school / set a fast pace / a fast car
Similar:
immediate; prompt; quick; straightaway (performed with little or no delay)
instant; instantaneous (occurring with no delay)
meteoric (like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience)
quick; speedy (accomplished rapidly and without delay)
rapid (done or occurring in a brief period of time)
rapid; speedy (characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed)
smart (quick and brisk)
speeding (moving with great speed)
winged (very fast; as if with wings)
windy (resembling the wind in speed,force, or variability)
hurrying; scurrying (moving with great haste)
high-speed; high-velocity (operating at high speed)
fleet; swift (moving very fast)
double-quick ((of a marching cadence) very quick)
accelerated (speeded up, as of an academic course)
accelerating (increasing in speed; becoming progressively faster)
alacritous (quick and eager)
blistering; hot; red-hot (very fast; capable of quick response and great speed)
express (without unnecessary stops)
fast-breaking (occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession)
fast-paced (of communication that proceeds rapidly)
Also:
expedited (having been hastened to completion)
hurried (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste)
sudden (happening without warning or in a short space of time)
Attribute:
fastness; speed; swiftness (a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens)
Antonym:
slow (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time)
Meaning:
(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
Context example:
my watch is fast
Antonym:
slow ((used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time)
Meaning:
At a rapid tempo
Context example:
the band played a fast fox trot
Similar:
vivace ((of tempo) very fast and lively)
allegro ((of tempo) fast)
allegretto ((of tempo) faster than allegro)
andantino ((of tempo) moderately fast)
presto ((of tempo) very fast)
prestissimo ((of tempo) as fast as possible)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Antonym:
slow (at a slow tempo)
Meaning:
(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
Context examples:
a fast road / grass courts are faster than clay
Similar:
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
Meaning:
Firmly fastened or secured against opening
Synonyms:
secured; locked; latched; bolted; barred; fast
Context examples:
windows and doors were all fast / a locked closet / left the house properly secured
Similar:
fastened (firmly closed or secured)
Meaning:
Resistant to destruction or fading
Context example:
fast colors
Similar:
imperviable; impervious (not admitting of passage or capable of being affected)
Meaning:
Unrestrained by convention or morality
Synonyms:
libertine; dissolute; dissipated; degraded; degenerate; debauched; profligate; riotous; fast
Context examples:
Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society / deplorably dissipated and degraded / riotous living / fast women
Similar:
immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)
Meaning:
Hurried and brief
Synonyms:
quick; flying; fast
Context examples:
paid a flying visit / took a flying glance at the book / a quick inspection / a fast visit
Similar:
hurried (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste)
Meaning:
Securely fixed in place
Synonyms:
immobile; fast; firm
Context example:
the post was still firm after being hit by the car
Similar:
fixed (securely placed or fastened or set)
Meaning:
Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
Synonyms:
truehearted; loyal; fast; firm
Context examples:
a firm ally / loyal supporters / the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe / fast friends
Similar:
faithful (steadfast in affection or allegiance)
• FAST (verb)
Meaning:
Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
Hypernyms (to "fast" is one way to...):
abstain; desist; refrain (choose not to consume)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fast"):
diet (follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Abstain from eating
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
Before the medical exam, you must fast
Hypernyms (to "fast" is one way to...):
abstain; desist; refrain (choose not to consume)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fast"):
diet (eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
• FAST (adverb)
Meaning:
Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
Context examples:
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
Meaning:
Firmly or tightly
Synonyms:
tight; fast
Context examples:
held fast to the rope / her foot was stuck fast / held tight
