Collocations for "fast"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fast" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2026
fast
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a fast [car, runner, horse]
- that was a fast [race, play, finish]
- a fast [dance, song, move]
- a fast [solution, way, method] (to)
- the fast [line, lane, queue, track]
- fast [delivery, shipping, forecasts, payment, treatment] (for)
- the fastest [runner] in the [town, world, school]
- fast and [easy, reliable, simple, cheap]
- slang: pull a fast one
- is faster than the speed of light
- they [are, became] fast friends
- hold fast (to)
- (but) it was stuck fast
- we [need, have] to think fast
- is [going, driving, working] faster (than normal)
- slow down, you're [driving, going, moving] too fast
- don't go [too, so] fast
- going faster than the speed limit
- [fell, was] fast asleep
- is fast becoming [popular, my favorite]
- a [religious, diet] fast
- [intermittent, regular, twice-weekly] fasts
- a fast for [religious reasons, a new diet]
- a fast for [Ramadan, Lent]
- a fast of [water, juice] alone
- have been on a fast for [one week]
- went on a fast [as a protest, to lose weight]
- break their fast at [sunset, night]
- on a fast during [daytime, daylight]
- the fast is broken at [sunset]
- am [on, doing, following] the fast diet
- (on) a fast day
- fast for [Ramadan, Lent]
- fast during [Ramadan, the day]
- fast until [dusk, midnight]
- fasting for [health, weight loss]
- fast for a [day, week]
- fast for [two] days [a, every, in the] week
- fast on [water, bread]
- fast before [surgery, an operation, a blood test]
- fast in [solidarity, protest]
- a [religious, diet] fast
- am [on, doing, following] the fast diet
- a fast [car, runner, horse]
- fast for [Ramadan, Lent]
- [intermittent, regular, twice-weekly] fasts
- that was a fast [race, play, finish]
- (on) a fast day
- fast during [Ramadan, the day]
- a fast for [religious reasons, a new diet]
- a fast [dance, song, move]
- fast until [dusk, midnight]
- a fast for [Ramadan, Lent]
- a fast [solution, way, method] (to)
- fasting for [health, weight loss]
- a fast of [water, juice] alone
- fast for a [day, week]
- the fast [line, lane, queue, track]
- fast [delivery, shipping, forecasts, payment, treatment] (for)
- fast for [two] days [a, every, in the] week
- have been on a fast for [one week]
- the fastest [runner] in the [town, world, school]
- went on a fast [as a protest, to lose weight]
- fast on [water, bread]
- fast and [easy, reliable, simple, cheap]
- break their fast at [sunset, night]
- fast before [surgery, an operation, a blood test]
- on a fast during [daytime, daylight]
- fast in [solidarity, protest]
- [very, too, extremely, incredibly] fast
- the fast is broken at [sunset]
- not so fast!
- slang: pull a fast one
- hold fast (to)
- (but) it was stuck fast
- we [need, have] to think fast
- is [going, driving, working] faster (than normal)
- slow down, you're [driving, going, moving] too fast
- don't go [too, so] fast
- is faster than the speed of light
- going faster than the speed limit
- they [are, became] fast friends
- [fell, was] fast asleep
- is fast becoming [popular, my favorite]
- a fast-paced [world, movie, thriller, romp]
- fast-acting [yeast, painkiller, pain relief, remedy, drug]
- a fast-growing [cell, plant, movement]
- a fast-thinking [person, manager, coach]
'fast' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
beat
- fall
- hold
- pull
- round
- row
- run
- sink
- site
- start
- think
- type
- application
- average
- bit
- block
- break
- breakfast
- breath
- computer
- corner
- decision
- delivery
- food
- growth
- heat
- implementation
- lay
- loan
- internet
- watch
- sunset
- spread
- speed
- sound
- sort
- slide
- setting
- serve
- save
- sale
- roll
- ride
- restaurant
- read
- rain
- race
- progress
- pitch
- pace