quicken [kwik-uhn]
Main Entry:
quicken [kwik-uhn]
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: actuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a function or action, motivate
Synonyms: activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, fire up, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work into lather, work up
Notes: when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence)
to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions
Antonyms: impede, stop
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move something forward, often quickly
Synonyms: accelerate, achieve, bring forward, come forward, conquer, continue ahead, continue on, dispatch, drive, elevate, forge ahead, gain ground, get ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go ahead, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, hasten, launch, make headway, make the scene, march, move on, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, propel, push ahead, push on, quicken, send forward, skyrocket, speed, step forward, storm
Antonyms: back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield
Main Entry: animate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to life
Synonyms: activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, make alive, move, quicken, revive, revivify, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify
Antonyms: deaden, discourage, kill
Main Entry: dispatch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hurry, send fast
Synonyms: accelerate, address, consign, dismiss, express, forward, hand-carry, hasten, issue, quicken, railroad, remit, route, run with, run with ball, ship, speed, transmit, walk through
Antonyms: hold, hold back, keep, prohibit, retain
Main Entry: energize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: activate; give more life
Synonyms: actify, activize, animate, arm, build up, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, fortify, goose, innervate, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, liven up, motivate, pep up, prime, pump up, put zip into, quicken, reinforce, start up, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, switch on, trigger, turn on, vitalize, work up, zap
Antonyms: deactivate, debilitate, sap, tire, weaken, weary
Main Entry: engender
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause to happen; cause an action
Synonyms: arouse, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, create, develop, excite, foment, generate, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, instigate, lead to, make, muster, occasion, precipitate, procreate, produce, propagate, provoke, quicken, rouse, spawn, stimulate, stir, work up
Antonyms: destroy, finish, halt, kill, stop
Main Entry: enliven
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: inspire, vitalize
Synonyms: animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, fire up, galvanize, give a lift, give life to, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, pep up, perk up, pick up, put pep into, quicken, recreate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, snap out of it, spark, spice, spice up, stimulate, vivificate, vivify, wake up, work up, zap
Antonyms: bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire
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, feed the fire, 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, stir up, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, touch off, vex, wake up, waken, warm, whet, work up, worry
Antonyms: bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize
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