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fastnessnoun a high rate of movement or performancethe amazing fastness with which the boy took his shower had us wondering if he'd used any water celerity, fleetness, haste, hurry, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity clip, gait, pace, rate, tempodrive, hustleacceleration, hastiness, precipitation, precipitousness, rushalacrity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, promptitude, promptnesswarp speed slowness, sluggishness languidness, languor, leisureliness, lethargy, torpidity, torporreluctancedeliberateness, deliberationdilatoriness, lateness, pokiness, procrastination a structure or place from which one can resist attackthe guerillas retreated to their network of hidden fastnesses deep within the mountains bastion, castle, citadel, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, redoubt, stronghold battlement, breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, embattlement, parapet, rampartbunker, dugoutblockhouse, garrison housealcazar, casbah(also kasbah) adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or dutyhis uncompromising fastness to the cause of freedom was beyond question adhesion, allegiance, attachment, commitment, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, piety, steadfastness, troth affection, fondnessdetermination, firmness, resolutiondependability, reliability, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, treachery, unfaithfulness alienation, disaffection, estrangement, separation before the 12th century |