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| Main Entry: | accelerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase speed, timing |
| Synonyms: | advance, drive, dust*, expedite, forward, further, gun*, hasten, hurry, impel, precipitate, quicken, railroad*, roll*, spur, step up, stimulate, tool*, fire up, hammer on, lay a patch, lay rubber, make tracks, nail it, open up, peel rubber, put on afterburners, put pedal to metal, rev, rev up, speed up, step on gas |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, defer, hinder, impede, postpone, retard, slow down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhaustive |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, all-out*, complete, comprehensive, concentrated, deep, demanding, fast, hard, in-depth, out-and-out*, profound, radical, severe, thorough, thoroughgoing, speeded-up |
| Notes: | emotions are intense while sustained application or attention is intensive; intense arises from within and intensive comes from outside (it is imposed or assumed) |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, superficial, surface, incomprehensive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rapid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very quick |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, active, agile, breakneck, brisk, double time, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurried, lively, mercurial, nimble, on the double*, precipitate, prompt, ready, speedy, spry, swift, winged, expeditive, fleet of foot, in nothing flat, light-footed, like a house on fire, quick as a wink, quickened, really rolling, screaming |
| Antonyms: | languishing, leisurely, slack, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast, quick |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, agile, breakneck, brisk, expeditious, express, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, lissome, lively, nimble, precipitate, prompt, rapid, ready, snappy, summary, swift, winged, alacritous, harefooted, quick-fire, rapid-fire, supersonic, ultrasonic |
| Antonyms: | delayed, tardy, halted, slowed |
| Main Entry: | sudden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unexpected; happening quickly |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, accelerated, acute, expeditious, fast, flash, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impromptu, impulsive, out of the blue*, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rapid, rash, rushing, spasmodic, swift, unforeseen, unusual, precipitant, quickened, speeded, subito |
| Antonyms: | expected, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stimulated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aroused |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, excited, heated, impassioned, keyed up, turned on |
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | speedy |
| Synonyms: | PDQ, accelerated, active, agile, blue streak, breakneck*, brisk, chop-chop*, dashing, double-time, electric, expeditious, expeditive, flashing, fleet, fleeting, flying, hairtrigger, hasty, hot, hurried, hypersonic, in a jiffy, in nothing flat, lickety split, like a bat out of hell, like all get out, like crazy, like mad, nimble, on the double*, posthaste, presto, pronto, quick, racing, rapid, ready, screamin', snap*, snappy*, speedball, supersonic, swift, velocious, winged |
| Antonyms: | plodding, slow, tardy, unhurried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast, speedy |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, accelerated, active, agile, alert, animated, breakneck*, brief, brisk, cursory, curt, double time*, energetic, expeditious, express, fleet, flying, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impatient, impetuous, instantaneous, keen, lively, mercurial, nimble, on the double*, perfunctory, posthaste, prompt, pronto*, rapid, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, sudden, swift, winged*, ASAP, a move on, expeditive, going, harefooted, move it, the lead out |
| Antonyms: | lazy, slow, sluggish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | direct, speedy |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, fast, nonstop, quick, rapid, swift, high-speed, velocious |
| Antonyms: | indirect, slow |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something forward, often quickly |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, achieve, come forward, conquer, dispatch, drive, elevate, gain ground, get ahead, go ahead, hasten, launch, march, proceed, progress, promote, propel, quicken, skyrocket*, speed, storm, bring forward, continue ahead, continue on, forge ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, make headway, make the scene, move on, move onward, move up, press on, push ahead, push on, send forward, step forward |
| Antonyms: | back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antedate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occur or cause to occur earlier |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, pace, precede, anachronize, antecede, backdate, date back, forerun, misdate, predate |
| Antonyms: | predate |
| Main Entry: | bring on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, cause, expedite, generate, induce, inspire, occasion, precipitate, prompt, give rise to, lead to |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, send fast |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, address, consign, dismiss, express, forward, hasten, issue, quicken, railroad*, remit, route, ship, speed, transmit, hand-carry, run with, run with ball, walk through |
| Antonyms: | hold, hold back, keep, prohibit, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire; upset |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, fire, fluster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, vex, warm, whet, work up, worry, feed the fire, stir up, touch off, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | expedite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happen faster |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, assist, dispatch, facilitate, forward, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, railroad*, rush, speed, urge, cut the red tape, fast track, grease wheels, hand-carry, hand-walk, handle personally, run interference, run with the ball, shoot through, speed up, walk it through |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, delay, halt, hinder, slow, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | floor it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drive at full speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, sprint, gather momentum, go flat-out, nail it, open the throttle, put the pedal to the metal, step on it, step on the gas |
| Main Entry: | hasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speed something; hurry |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip*, cover ground*, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, flee, fly, gallop, get the lead out*, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, pace, plunge, precipitate, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, scuttle, skip, sprint, spurt, step up*, tear, trot, urge, get cracking, make haste, make tracks, move quickly, not lose a minute, shake a leg, step on it, take wing, waste no time, whip around |
| Antonyms: | lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, tarry, go slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, move speedily |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, beeline*, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, goad, haste, hasten, hustle, jog, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, smoke, speed, spur, urge, whirl, whisk, whiz, zip, be quick, bestir, get a move on, go like lightning, hurry up, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, shake a leg, speed up, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, whish |
| Antonyms: | dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precipitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bring on, cast, discharge, dispatch, expedite, fling, further, hasten, hurl, launch, press, quicken, throw, trigger, let fly, push forward, send forth, speed up |
| Antonyms: | check, slow, wait |
| Main Entry: | push |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrust, press with force |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, bear down, budge, bulldoze*, bump, butt, crowd, crush against, depress, dig, drive, elbow, exert, force, gore, high pressure, hustle, impel, jam, jostle, launch, lie on, make one's way, move, muscle, nudge, poke, pour it on, pressure, propel, put the arm on, railroad*, ram*, rest on, shift, shoulder, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, steamroll, stir, strain, strong-arm* |
| Antonyms: | pull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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