1. In less time; more promptly
   "He finished the test faster than expected";
   - quicker
    
2. At a greater speed; more rapidly
   "She ran faster to catch up with her friends"

1. Someone who abstains from eating
   "The religious faster had not eaten for three days"

1. Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
   "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"
    
2. (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
   "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"
    
3. (music) at a rapid tempo
   "the band played a fast fox trot"
    
4. Hurried and brief
   "a fast visit";
   - flying, quick
    
5. (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
   "my watch is fast"
    
6. Securely fixed in place
   "The anchor held fast despite the storm";
   - firm, immobile
    
7. Unwavering in devotion to friend, vow or cause
   "fast friends";
   - firm, loyal, truehearted
    
8. (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
   "a fast lens"
    
9. Resistant to destruction or fading
   "fast colours"
    
10. Unrestrained by convention or morality
    "fast women";
    - debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous

Derived forms: fasters

See also: accelerated, alacritous, allegretto, allegro, andantino, blistering, causative, double-quick, express, faithful, fast-breaking, fastness, fast-paced, fixed, fleet, high-speed, high-velocity, hot, hurried, hurrying, immediate, immoral, imperviable, impervious, instant, instantaneous, meteoric, nippy [Brit, informal], prestissimo, presto, prompt, quick, rapid, red-hot, scurrying, smart, smooth, speed, speedy, straightaway, sudden, superfast, swift, swiftness, vivace, windy, winged

Antonym: slow

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