Fast and Slow

Fast

Fast adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.
Usage example: the fast pace of construction resulted in our new house being done ahead of schedule

Slow is an antonym for fast in topics: quick, fixed, immoral, speedy, fixedly.

Nearby Words: fasted, fasting

Slow

Slow adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: slow readers

Fast is an antonym for slow in topics: unhurried, unintelligent, behind.

Nearby Words: slowness, slowed, slowly, slowing, slowdown

Common collocations

sense fast sense slow sense
running fast running slow running
defenses fast defenses slow defenses
amounts fast amounts slow amounts

Both words in one sentence

  • Continue Your Mission, Dammit! It doesn't matter how fast or slow you complete the level, as either way you'll keep hearing him telling you you're slow and be the first to finish.
  • Tales of Monkey Island: This is the first time we actually see scrolling subtitle text that accompanies the voices in a Monkey Island game, be it fast or slow.
  • Video Game / Tales of Monkey Island Scrolling Text: This is the first time we actually see scrolling subtitle text that accompanies the voices in a Monkey Island game, be it fast or slow.
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