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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bring on, cast, discharge, dispatch, expedite, fling, further, hasten, hurl, launch, let fly, press, push forward, quicken, send forth, speed up, throw, trigger |
| Notes: | precipitous 'hasty, sudden and dramatic' is used in relation to physical or natural objects; precipitate 'done with great haste' relates to human actions or processes |
| Antonyms: | check, slow, wait |
| Main Entry: | quicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make faster; invigorate |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, activate, actuate, animate, arouse, awaken, dispatch, energize, excite, expedite, galvanize, goad, grow, hasten, hurry, impel, incite, increase, innervate, innerve, inspire, kindle, liven, make haste, motivate, move, pique, precipitate, promote, refresh, revitalize, revive, rouse, shake up, speed, spring, spur, step up, stimulate, stir, strengthen, urge, vitalize, vivificate, vivify |
| Antonyms: | dull, retard, slow, weaken |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, grow |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, add to, advance, aggravate, arise, ascend, augment, billow, build, bulge, climb, deepen, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, expand, go through the roof, go up, heighten, improve, inflate, intensate, intensify, levitate, lift, magnify, mount, move up, multiply, perk up, pick up, pile up, raise, redouble, rouse, soar, speed up, spread, stack up, swell, take off, upsurge, wax |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, lessen, lower, recede |
| Main Entry: | rush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, bolt, break, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, dispatch, expedite, fire up, fleet, fling, flit, fly, get cracking, get the lead out, go like lightning, haste, hasten, hotfoot, hurry up, hustle, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, press, push, quicken, race, roll, run, scramble, scud, scurry, shake a leg, shoot, speed up, sprint, step on gas, streak, surge, tear, whiz*, zip, zoom* |
| Antonyms: | retard, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, be quick, beeline, bolt, clear out, dart, dash, expedite, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, hasten, hurry up, hustle, make haste, make time, make tracks, move, move fast, race, run, rush, scamper, scurry, shake a leg, skedaddle, speed, split, spur, step on it, vamoose, whiz, zip |
| Main Entry: | send |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transmit, transfer through a system |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, address, advance, assign, broadcast, cast, circulate, commission, commit, communicate, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, detail, direct, dispatch, drop, emit, expedite, express, fire, fling, forward, freight, get under way, give off, grant, hasten, hurl, hurry off, impart, issue, let fly, mail, post, propel, put out, radiate, relay, remit, route, rush off, ship, shoot, televise, troll, wire |
| Antonyms: | receive |
| Main Entry: | slide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly; move down |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, coast, drift, drive, drop, fall, fall off, flow, glide, glissade, launch, move, move along, move over, propel, sag, scooch, shift, shove, skate, skid, skim, slip, slither, slump, smooth along, spill, stream, thrust, toboggan, tumble, veer |
| Main Entry: | quicken one's step |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move at a faster pace |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, get a move on, quicken one's speed |
| Main Entry: | vitalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | quicken |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, activate, actuate, animate, arouse, awaken, dispatch, energize, excite, expedite, galvanize, goad, grow, hasten, hurry, impel, incite, increase, innervate, innerve, inspire, kindle, liven, make haste, motivate, move, pique*, precipitate, promote, refresh, revitalize, revive, rouse, shake up, speed, spring*, spur, step up, stimulate, stir*, strengthen, urge, vivificate, vivify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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