accelerates

VERB

increase speed, timing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance expedite further hasten open up quicken spur step up stimulate

STRONG

drive dust forward gun hurry impel precipitate railroad rev roll tool

WEAK

fire up hammer on lay a patch lay rubber make tracks nail it peel rubber put on afterburners put pedal to metal rev up speed up step on gas

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block cease check delay discourage halt hinder slow stop

STRONG

dissuade repress wait

WEAK

decelerate defer impede postpone retard slow down

Example Sentences

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“As demand for U.S. energy and utility infrastructure solutions accelerates, this transaction places CRH at the forefront of an immense growth opportunity,” Chief Executive Jim Mintern said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

"It's actually real biological stress, and it accelerates ageing," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Tuesday’s announcement accelerates the U.K.’s quantum push, following its $2.5 billion pledge earlier this year to scale the technology by the end of the decade.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

So is his temper, which accelerates from zero to 60 in an instant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

As the tempo accelerates, the penalty of a miscue—an oar touching the water a fraction of a second too early or too late, for instance—becomes ever more severe, the opportunity for disaster ever greater.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown