| Main Entry: |
fast |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
speedy |
Synonyms: |
PDQ,
accelerated,
active,
agile, blue streak, breakneck,
brisk, chop-chop,
dashing, double-time,
electric,
expeditious, expeditive, flashing,
fleet,
fleeting,
flying, hairtrigger,
hasty,
hot,
hurried, hypersonic, in a jiffy, in nothing flat, lickety split, like a bat out of hell, like all get out, like crazy, like mad,
nimble, on the double, posthaste, presto, pronto,
quick, racing,
rapid,
ready, screamin',
snap*, snappy, speedball, supersonic,
swift, velocious,
winged
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Antonyms: |
plodding, slow, tardy, unhurried
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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