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English noun: fastness | |||
| 1. | fastness (attribute) a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | ||
| Samples | The project advanced with gratifying speed. | ||
| Synonyms | speed, swiftness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pace, rate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | execution speed, graduality, gradualness, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation | ||
| Attribute | fast, slow | ||
| 2. | fastness (attribute) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | ||
| Synonyms | fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | immovability, immovableness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lodgement, lodging, lodgment | ||
| Antonyms | looseness | ||
| 3. | fastness (artifact) a strongly fortified defensive structure | ||
| Synonyms | stronghold | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defence, defense, defensive structure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bastion, blockhouse, citadel, donjon, dungeon, hold, keep, redoubt | ||
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