Adverb: fastest fãs-tist
- Most quickly
"She finished the race fastest of all the competitors";
- quickest
- 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"
- (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
"a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"
- (music) at a rapid tempo
"the band played a fast fox trot"
- Hurried and brief
"a fast visit";
- flying, quick
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
"my watch is fast"
- Securely fixed in place
"The anchor held fast despite the storm";
- firm, immobile
- Unwavering in devotion to friend, vow or cause
"fast friends";
- firm, loyal, truehearted
- (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
"a fast lens"
- Resistant to destruction or fading
"fast colours"
- Unrestrained by convention or morality
"fast women";
- debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous
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
Encyclopedia: Fastest
Fast, Kelly