fastness

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
3. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
4. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
7. (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something that is fast, or that causes someone or something to be fast (in various senses).
8. (countable, regional, uncountable) Something that is fast, or that causes someone or something to be fast (in various senses).

Synonyms

stronghold

swiftness

fortress

speed

fort

quickness

rapidity

celerity

secureness

fixture

speediness

fortification

fixedness

bulwark

firmness

fixity

velocity

solidness

pacing

promptitude

rampart

rapid

alertness

sconce

snappiness

solidarity

solidity

speedy

stability

stable

steadiness

strength

sturdiness

tempo

time

⌚

vallasion

rapidness

body

brio

castle

🏰

castling

citadel

downslope

durability

entrenchment

fast

firm

fleetness

fortitude

hard

Translations

rapidité

rapidez

rapidez

velocidade

baluarte

fortaleza

persistencia

vitesse

baluarte

velocità

bastion

fortaleza

Echtheit

velocitat

ταχύτητα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɑːs(t)nəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fastnes

Inherited from Old English: fæstnes

In summary

From Middle English fastnes, fastnesse (“immovableness, stability; firmness, solidness; secure attachment; constancy; obstinacy; something giving firmness or strength; of sleep: soundness; of a wound: healing; assurance, confirmation”) [and other forms], from Old English fæstnes (“fastness, firmness, stability; resolution; tenacity; vigour; firmament; fortification”) [and other forms], from fæst (“firm, stable; constant”) (from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm, fixed; secure”); see further at that entry) + -nes (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a quality or state). The English word may be analysed as fast + -ness.