fast
adjective (QUICK) /fɑːst/
/fæst/ Definition
A1 moving or happening quickly, or able to move or happen quickly: fast cars a fast swimmer Computers are getting faster all the time. The fast train (= one that stops at fewer stations and travels quickly) to London takes less than an hour.Fast and rapidShort in time › If your watch or clock is fast, it shows a time that is later than the correct time.Watches and clocks › specialized describes photographic film that allows you to take pictures when there is not much light or when things are moving quicklyPhotography fast and furious › describes something that is full of speed and excitement: It's not a relaxing film - it's pretty fast and furious.Exciting and interesting
(Definition of fast adjective (QUICK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a mile a minute idiom
- apace adverb
- as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
- as if it is going out of style idiom
- at a rate of knots idiom
- fleet adjective
- hell for leather idiom
- helter-skelter adverb
- high-speed adjective
- hotfoot adverb
- hustle verb (PUSH)
- in the twinkling of an eye idiom
- posthaste adverb
- prompt adjective
- promptly adverb
- quick-fire adjective
- quickly adverb
- rapid adjective
- spanking adjective
- supersonic adjective
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