FASTNESS

Pronunciation (US):

• FASTNESS (noun)
  The noun FASTNESS has 3 senses:

1. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
2. the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
3. a strongly fortified defensive structure

  Familiarity information: FASTNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

• FASTNESS (noun)

Meaning:

A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fastness; swiftness; speed

Context example:

the project advanced with gratifying speed

Hypernyms ("fastness" is a kind of...):

pace; rate (the relative speed of progress or change)

Attribute:

fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)

slow (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fastness"):

haste; hastiness; hurriedness; hurry; precipitation (overly eager speed (and possible carelessness))

execution speed ((computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS)

graduality; gradualness (the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages)

Meaning:

The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fixity; fastness; fixedness; secureness; fixture

Hypernyms ("fastness" is a kind of...):

immovability; immovableness (not capable of being moved or rearranged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fastness"):

lodgement; lodging; lodgment (the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily)

Meaning:

A strongly fortified defensive structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stronghold; fastness

Hypernyms ("fastness" is a kind of...):

defence; defense; defensive structure (a structure used to defend against attack)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fastness"):

bastion; citadel (a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle)

blockhouse (a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire)

hold (a stronghold)

donjon; dungeon; keep (the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress)

redoubt; sconce (a forbidding stronghold)