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Main Entry:
acceleration [ak-sel-uh-rey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: increasing speed, timing
Synonyms: dispatch, expedition, hastening, hurrying, quickening, speeding up, spurring, stepping up, stimulation
Antonyms: deceleration, deferral, hindrance, retardation, slowing down
Main Entry: add
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adjoin, increase; make further comment
Synonyms: affix, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up, boost, build up, charge up, continue, cue in, figure in, flesh out, heat up, hike, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, include, jack up, jazz up, join together, pad, parlay, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, reply, run up, say further, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten, tack on, tag
Notes: ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope
Antonyms: decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw
Main Entry: ease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: alleviate, help
Synonyms: abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assist, assuage, attend to, calm, cheer, clear the way, comfort, cure, disburden, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, let up on, lift, lighten, make easier, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, open the door, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, run interference for, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, speed up, still, tranquilize, untighten
Antonyms: annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen
Main Entry: expedite
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make happen faster
Synonyms: accelerate, advance, assist, cut the red tape, dispatch, facilitate, fast track, forward, grease wheels, hand-carry, hand-walk, handle personally, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, railroad, run interference, run with the ball, rush, shoot through, speed, speed up, urge, walk it through
Antonyms: block, cease, check, delay, halt, hinder, slow, stop
Main Entry: facilitate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assist the progress of
Synonyms: aid, ease, expedite, forward, further, grease the wheels, hand-carry, help, make easy, open doors, promote, run interference for, simplify, smooth, speed, speed up, walk through
Antonyms: block, check, delay, detain, hinder, prohibit, stop
Main Entry: hurry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: act, move speedily
Synonyms: accelerate, barrel, be quick, beeline, bestir, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, goad, haste, hasten, hurry up, hustle, jog, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, smoke, speed, speed up, spur, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, urge, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip
Antonyms: dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait
Main Entry: precipitate
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: push
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: incite, urge
Synonyms: bear down, browbeat, bulldoze, coerce, constrain, dragoon, egg on, encourage, exert influence, expedite, fire up, go to town on, goad, goose, hurry, impel, influence, inspire, jolly, key up, kid, lean on, motivate, oblige, overpress, persuade, pour it on, press, pressure, prod, push around, put the screws to, put up to, railroad, sell on, speed, speed up, spur, squeeze, steamroll, strong-arm, turn on
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, repress, suppress
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
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