hasten

hasten is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
2. intransitive verb. To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.
3. verb. act or move at high speed

   "We have to rush!"

   "hurry--it's late!"

   Synonyms: festinate, hurry, rush

4. verb. cause to occur rapidly

   "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

   Synonyms: induce, rush, stimulate

5. verb. move fast

   "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"

   "The cars raced down the street"

   Synonyms: hie, hotfoot, race, rush, speed

6. verb. speed up the progress of; facilitate

   "This should expedite the process"

   Synonyms: expedite

Synonyms

festinate, hurry, rush, induce, stimulate, hie, hotfoot, race, speed, expedite

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hasten:

athens, snathe, sneath, thanes

Common word forms

hastens, hastened, hastener, hastening

Words from these letters

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