fastness

fastness is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.
2. adjective. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains.
3. adjective. Conciseness of style.
4. adjective. The state of being fast or swift.
5. noun. a strongly fortified defensive structure

   Synonyms: stronghold

6. noun. the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment

   Synonyms: fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness

7. noun. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

   "the project advanced with gratifying speed"

   Synonyms: speed, swiftness

Synonyms

stronghold, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness, speed, swiftness

Common word forms

fastnesses

Words from these letters

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