Synonyms for accelerate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Expedite — to cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- v. 2
To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
to accelerate our departure
- v. 3
To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
She had to accelerate her work pace to meet the deadline.
- v. 4
To cause a change of velocity.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- accelerated
e.g. accelerated → expedited, hastened, furthered, advanced…
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To accelerate is to increase the speed of action or of motion. To accelerate any work is to hasten it toward a finish, commonly by quickening all its operations in orderly unity toward the result.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- expedite I'll drop out and grab my tank to expedite this.
- hasten I must hasten to add that I do not mean to blame him.
- forward I am looking forward to meeting you when you come.
- speed Let's see if we can speed up the process a little.
- push He tried with all his might to push the door open.
- increase It cannot be denied that crime is on the increase.
By length
- 4 letters
- push1, urge1
- 5 letters
- speed1, hurry2
- 6 letters
- hasten2
- 7 letters
- further2, forward2, advance2, quicken2
- 8 letters
- increase2, dispatch2, expedite3, despatch
- 9 letters
- aggravate3
- 11 letters
- precipitate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hurry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- accélérer
- Deutsch
- beschleunigen