FAST

Synonyms

quick swift libertine rapid flying firm loyal tight fasting dissipated speedy dissolute profligate debauched allegro
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Antonyms

slow dickey largo long-term rocky hoover
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Hypernyms

refrain abstinence abstain desist

Hyponyms

ramadan diet dieting hunger strike

Phrases with the word

fast food hard and fast lightning fast play fast and loose pull a fast one fast patrol boat

Derivatives

fasted fasting

Anagrams

AFTS ATSF SAFT TFSA FATS staf FTAs

Examples

When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them. Ambrose

He is mistaken who thinks that the fast consists only in abstinence from food. True fasting is departing from evil. John Chrysostom

Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show. Ambrose

As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived. German Proverb

Trouble rides a fast horse. Italian Proverb

No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will never reach heaven. Lebanese Proverb