accelerate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
2. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
3. (transitive) To cause a change of velocity.
4. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
5. (transitive) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
6. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
7. (intransitive) Grow; increase.

Adj

Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

Synonyms

speed up

hasten

quicken

advance

speed

promote

further

expedite

precipitate

hurry

aggravate

increase speed

drive on

hurry up

urge forward

press

goose

🪿

grow

impetus

insist

intensify

liven up

maintain

oppress

pinch

promotion

propel

raise

rev up

rouse

rush

screw up

soften up

spurt

squash

squeeze

step up

stir

throw off

toe

toenail

urge

work

gather speed

pick up speed

gain time

acceleration

step on the accelerator

affirm

agitate

Translations

accélérer

acelerar

beschleunigen

accelerare

acelerar

versnellen

apressar

bespoedigen

verhaasten

accelerare

apresurar

accelereren

beeilen

schneller machen

fördern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ək.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌɹeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin accelerātus, perfect passive participle of accelerō (“to accelerate, hasten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad + celerō (“to hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.