Definitions

thick and fast

ADVERB

frequently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

again and again generally intermittently many times often periodically regularly time and again usually

STRONG

oft oftentimes ofttimes

WEAK

as a rule at regular intervals at short intervals at times by ordinary customarily every now and then habitually in many instances in quick succession many a time much not infrequently not seldom ordinarily over and over recurrently spasmodically successively very often

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely seldom

WEAK

infrequently not much uncommonly

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thick and fast

After that, the games will come thick and fast at a rate of four a day through the group stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Rate increases were coming "thick and fast", he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

Yoon was never much loved by the public, and scandals came thick and fast.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

At times, however, the passages quoted from letters and memoirs come so thick and fast that they threaten to overwhelm the connecting strand of Mr. Hart’s own chronological narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

Tears had clearly fallen thick and fast upon the parchment...

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

thick and fast

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