fastness
English Thesaurus
1. a strongly fortified defensive structure (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | bastion, citadel, |
| definition | : | a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | blockhouse, |
| definition | : | a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | hold, |
| definition | : | a stronghold (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | donjon, dungeon, keep, |
| definition | : | the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | redoubt, |
| definition | : | an entrenched stronghold or refuge (noun.artifact) |
2. the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment (noun.attribute)
| hyponym | : | lodgement, lodging, lodgment, |
| definition | : | the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily (noun.attribute) |
3. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | pace, rate, |
| definition | : | the relative speed of progress or change (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | execution speed, |
| definition | : | (computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | graduality, gradualness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages (noun.attribute) |
| attribute | : | fast, |
| definition | : | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | slow, |
| definition | : | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time (adj.all) |
4. the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | looseness, |
| definition | : | the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | fasten, fix, secure, |
| definition | : | cause to be firmly attached (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | fixed, frozen, |
| definition | : | incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | fixed, |
| definition | : | securely placed or fastened or set (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | fixed, rigid, set, |
| definition | : | fixed and unmoving (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | secure, |
| definition | : | not likely to fail or give way (adj.all) |
5. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | speed, |
| definition | : | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, |
| definition | : | move fast (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | fast, |
| definition | : | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | fleet, swift, |
| definition | : | moving very fast (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | quick, speedy, |
| definition | : | accomplished rapidly and without delay (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | fast, |
| definition | : | at a rapid tempo (adj.all) |
6. the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | looseness, |
| definition | : | the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | fasten, fix, secure, |
| definition | : | cause to be firmly attached (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | fixed, frozen, |
| definition | : | incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | fixed, |
| definition | : | securely placed or fastened or set (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | fixed, rigid, set, |
| definition | : | fixed and unmoving (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | secure, |
| definition | : | not likely to fail or give way (adj.all) |
7. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | speed, |
| definition | : | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, |
| definition | : | move fast (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | fast, |
| definition | : | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | fleet, swift, |
| definition | : | moving very fast (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | quick, speedy, |
| definition | : | accomplished rapidly and without delay (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | fast, |
| definition | : | at a rapid tempo (adj.all) |
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