All fast synonyms
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F f verb fast
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- forbear β to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- diet β the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- starve β to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- famish β (obsolete, transitive) To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
adjective fast
- ahead β Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you.
- gaining β to make a gain or gains in.
- in advance β to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- debauched β If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
- wild β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- reckless β utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
- dissolute β indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
- profligate β utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- wanton β done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- immoral β violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- promiscuous β characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- easy β not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- bawdy β A bawdy story or joke contains humorous references to sex.
- depraved β Depraved actions, things, or people are morally bad or evil.
- dissipated β indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
- gadabout β a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- libertine β a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
- light β a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- careless β If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- devil-may-care β If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
- extravagant β Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
- flirtatious β given or inclined to flirtation.
- frivolous β characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- giddy β affected with vertigo; dizzy.
- incontinent β unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces.
- indecent β offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar: indecent jokes; indecent language; indecent behavior.
- intemperate β given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
- lascivious β inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- lecherous β given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lewd β inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- libidinous β full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
- licentious β sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lustful β full of or motivated by lust, greed, or the like: He was an emperor lustful of power.
- rakish β smart; jaunty; dashing: a hat worn at a rakish angle.
- salacious β lustful or lecherous.
- self-indulgent β indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- sportive β playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.
- sporty β flashy; showy.
- unchaste β not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
- firm β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- steadfast β fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- constant β You use constant to describe something that happens all the time or is always there.
- unwavering β to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.