accelerated

The word “accelerated” has 5 syllables: ac-cel-er-at-ed.

It's pronounced as /əkˈsɛləˌreɪtɪd/.


What is synonym and antonym for accelerated?

In the thesaurus, “accelerated” has 20 synonyms and 23 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for accelerated along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for accelerated

  • augmented
  • boosted
  • breathtaking
  • encouraged
  • expanded
  • expeditious
  • hastened
  • hurried
  • increased
  • prompt
  • pushed
  • quickened
  • rapid
  • ready
  • rose
  • rushed
  • speedy
  • swelled
  • swift
  • urged

Antonyms for accelerated

  • abated
  • braked
  • contracted
  • crawling
  • decelerated
  • decreased
  • delayed
  • diminished
  • downsized
  • dragging
  • dwindled
  • hampered
  • hindered
  • impeded
  • lessened
  • lowered
  • reduced
  • restrained
  • retarded
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • tied up
  • unhurried

Meanings of accelerated

  • verb
    1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
    2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
    3. To cause a change of velocity.
    4. To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
    5. To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
    6. To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
    7. Grow; increase.
  • adjective
    1. Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
    2. Happening sooner than expected.

Example Sentences

  • The program accelerated his learning process significantly.
  • The economic reforms accelerated the country's growth.
  • She accelerated her pace to catch up with the group.
  • The project timeline was accelerated to meet the new deadline.
  • The patient's recovery was accelerated by the new treatment.

On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to accelerated, such as: abated, augmented, boosted, braked, breathtaking, contracted, crawling.

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Related Words

ballooned

  • accelerated
  • blown
  • blown up
  • bulged
  • climbed
  • distended
  • enlarge
  • expand
  • expanded
  • increased
  • inflate
  • poked
  • protruded
  • puffed
  • rose
  • swell
  • swelled
  • swollen

facilitated

  • accelerated
  • aid
  • assisted
  • ease
  • eased
  • expedite
  • further
  • help
  • improved
  • promote
  • promoted
  • simplified
  • simplify
  • smoothed
  • speed

gained

quickened

  • abrupt
  • accelerated
  • ardent
  • aroused
  • breakneck
  • brisk
  • careless
  • delirious
  • dizzy
  • dramatic
  • drunk
  • eager
  • eloquent
  • emotional
  • expeditious
  • expressive
  • fast
  • fervent
  • fierce
  • fiery
  • forceful
  • hastened
  • hasty
  • heartfelt
  • heated
  • hurried
  • ill-advised
  • immediate
  • impassioned
  • impulsive
  • intense
  • poignant
  • precipitous
  • prompt
  • pushed
  • quick
  • rapid
  • ready
  • reckless
  • rushed
  • speedy
  • spirited
  • stimulated
  • stirred
  • strong
  • sudden
  • swift
  • unforeseen
  • unusual
  • urgent
  • vehement
  • violent
  • zealous

raised

  • accelerated
  • assembled
  • augmented
  • boosted
  • bred
  • built
  • constructed
  • created
  • cultivated
  • discussed
  • educated
  • elevated
  • elicited
  • erect
  • erected
  • evoked
  • expanded
  • expressed
  • fed
  • fostered
  • gave
  • grew
  • heightened
  • high
  • hoisted
  • increased
  • inspired
  • introduced
  • lifted
  • made
  • nurtured
  • perpendicular
  • placed
  • promoted
  • provoked
  • reared
  • standing
  • stated
  • taught
  • trained
  • triggered
  • upgraded
  • uplifted
  • vertical
  • voiced

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