accelerate

accelerate is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
2. transitive verb. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
3. transitive verb. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
4. verb. move faster

   "The car accelerated"

   Synonyms: quicken, speed

5. verb. cause to move faster

   "He accelerated the car"

   Synonyms: speed

Synonyms

quicken, speed

Common word forms

accelerated, accelerates, accelerating

Words from these letters

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