Synonyms for expedite
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To accelerate the progress of.
He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.
Related words
- Word family
- expedience expediency expedient expediter expedition expeditious expeditiously
- Other spellings
- expediate
Forms
- Past participle
- expedited
e.g. expedited → accelerated, hastened, dispatched, advanced…
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To facilitate is to quicken by making easy; to expedite is to quicken by removing hindrances.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- push He tried with all his might to push the door open.
- dispatch Sami worked for an ambulance dispatch company.
- accelerate Yanni wanted to accelerate his learning of Berber.
- hasten I must hasten to add that I do not mean to blame him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| expedite | falling | |
| push | rising | |
| dispatch | falling | |
| accelerate | steady | |
| hasten | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- push1, urge1
- 5 letters
- speed1, hurry2
- 6 letters
- hasten2
- 7 letters
- forward2, advance2, quicken2
- 8 letters
- dispatch2, despatch
- 10 letters
- accelerate4
- 11 letters
- precipitate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hurry2 = 2 syllables).