fast

The word “fast” has 1 syllable: fast

It's pronounced as /fæst/


What is synonym and antonym for fast?

In the thesaurus, “fast” has 485 synonyms and 278 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fast along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fast

Antonyms for fast

Meanings of fast

  • noun
    1. A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.
    2. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
    3. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
  • adjective
    1. Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
    2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
    3. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).).
    4. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
    5. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
    6. (of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
    7. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
    8. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
    9. Tenacious; retentive.
    10. Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
    11. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
    12. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
  • adverb
    1. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
    2. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .
    3. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
    4. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
    5. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
  • interjection
    1. Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.
  • verb
    1. To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.

Example Sentences

  • He ran fast to catch the bus before it left.
  • The internet connection was so fast that videos loaded instantly.
  • She is known for being a fast learner who grasps new concepts quickly.
  • They had to drive fast to reach the airport on time.
  • The fast pace of the city life can be overwhelming for some people.

On this page you'll find 763 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fast, such as: PDQ, a mile a minute, abbreviated, aboveboard, abridged, abrupt, abruptly.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abbreviated

  • abated
  • abridged
  • abrupt
  • abstracted
  • aphoristic
  • bare
  • boiled down
  • breviloquent
  • brief
  • chunky
  • close
  • close to the ground
  • compact
  • compendiary
  • compendious
  • comprehensive
  • compressed
  • concentrated
  • concise
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • crisp
  • curt
  • curtailed
  • curtate
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut short
  • cut to the bone
  • cut-back
  • de-escalated
  • decreased
  • decurtate
  • deflated
  • digested
  • diminished
  • diminutive
  • docked
  • downsized
  • dwindled
  • economized
  • elided
  • encapsulated
  • ephemeral
  • epigrammatic
  • epitomized
  • fast
  • fleeting
  • impermanent
  • in a nutshell
  • inclusive
  • laconic
  • lessened
  • little
  • low
  • lowered
  • miniaturized
  • moderated
  • modified
  • momentary
  • not protracted
  • pared
  • petite
  • pint-sized
  • pithy
  • pocket
  • pocket-sized
  • precise
  • pruned
  • recapitulated
  • reduced
  • retrenched
  • runty
  • sawed-off
  • scaled-down
  • sententious
  • short
  • short and sweet
  • short-lived
  • short-range
  • short-term
  • shortened
  • shortish
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • skimpy
  • slashed
  • slight
  • small
  • squat
  • squatty
  • stocky
  • stubby
  • stunted
  • subtracted
  • succinct
  • sudden
  • summarized
  • summary
  • summed up
  • syncopated
  • synoptic
  • tapered
  • terse
  • thick
  • thickset
  • tiny
  • to the point
  • transient
  • transitory
  • trimmed
  • truncated
  • undersized
  • unprolonged
  • unsustained
  • wee

eagerly

  • actively
  • aggressively
  • animatedly
  • anticipatorily
  • ardently
  • assertively
  • avidly
  • breathlessly
  • briskly
  • cordially
  • cravingly
  • crisply
  • decidedly
  • determinedly
  • directly
  • dynamically
  • earnestly
  • emphatically
  • energetically
  • enthusiastically
  • excitedly
  • expectantly
  • explosively
  • exuberantly
  • fanatically
  • fast
  • fervently
  • fiercely
  • firmly
  • fixedly
  • forcefully
  • forcibly
  • full tilt
  • gamely
  • gladly
  • hammer and tongs
  • hard
  • heartily
  • hungrily
  • impatiently
  • intensively
  • intently
  • keenly
  • longingly
  • lustily
  • madly
  • manfully
  • mightily
  • muscularly
  • potently
  • powerfully
  • promptly
  • purposefully
  • rabidly
  • rapidly
  • readily
  • resolutely
  • rhapsodically
  • rigidly
  • robustly
  • roughshod
  • roundly
  • sharply
  • sincerely
  • sky-high
  • smartly
  • snappily
  • solidly
  • soundly
  • speedily
  • spiritedly
  • spunkily
  • squarely
  • steadfastly
  • steadily
  • stiffly
  • stoutly
  • strenuously
  • strongly
  • sturdily
  • surely
  • thirstily
  • vehemently
  • vigorously
  • violently
  • vivaciously
  • warmly
  • willingly
  • with enthusiasm
  • with gusto
  • zealously
  • zestfully

jammed

  • abounding
  • anchored
  • attached
  • barred
  • bloated
  • blocked
  • bonded
  • bored
  • bound
  • brimful
  • brimmed
  • brimming
  • bulked
  • bulldozed
  • bulled
  • bunged
  • bursting
  • busy
  • caught
  • cemented
  • charged
  • chock-full
  • chockablock
  • chockful
  • choked
  • clamped
  • clogged
  • clotted
  • congested
  • corked
  • crammed
  • crashed
  • crowded
  • crushed
  • dammed
  • deluged
  • drenched
  • elbowed
  • embedded
  • entrenched
  • fast
  • fastened
  • fat
  • filled
  • firm
  • fixed
  • flooded
  • flush
  • fraught
  • frozen
  • full
  • furred
  • glued
  • glutted
  • gridlocked
  • heaped
  • honeycombed
  • humming
  • imbedded
  • immovable
  • impacted
  • implanted
  • intrenched
  • inundated
  • jam-packed
  • jampacked
  • jostled
  • lively
  • loaded
  • lodged
  • malfunctioning
  • matted
  • mobbed
  • multitudinous
  • muscled
  • obstructed
  • occluded
  • out of order
  • overcharged
  • overcrowded
  • overfilled
  • overflowed
  • overflowing
  • overfull
  • overladen
  • overloaded
  • overstuffed
  • overwhelmed
  • packed
  • penetrated
  • populous
  • pressed
  • pushed
  • rammed
  • refilled
  • refreshed
  • reloaded
  • repacked
  • replenished
  • replete
  • rife
  • sandwiched
  • saturated
  • secured
  • set
  • shoehorned
  • shouldered
  • shoved
  • silted
  • snug
  • spiled
  • squashed
  • squeezed
  • stiff
  • stoppered
  • stoppled
  • stuck
  • stuffed
  • swamped
  • swarming
  • swollen
  • teeming
  • thrust
  • tight
  • trammeled
  • unworkable
  • unyielding
  • warped
  • wedged

keen

nailed


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