HASTENING Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word hastening. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for HASTENING
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advancing | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • moving forward | ||||||||
hurrying | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • changing location rapidly adjective satellite • moving with great haste | ||||||||
precipitating | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • bringing on suddenly or abruptly | ||||||||
quickening | nounn | |||||||
noun • the process of showing signs of life • the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus • the act of accelerating; increasing the speed | ||||||||
rushing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | ||||||||
speeding | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • changing location rapidly | ||||||||
accelerating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • move faster • cause to move faster | ||||||||
expediting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • speed up the progress of; facilitate • process fast and efficiently | ||||||||
rush | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner • physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) • a sudden forceful flow • grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems • the swift release of a store of affective force • a sudden burst of activity • (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line adjective satellite • not accepting reservations • done under pressure verb • move hurridly • attack suddenly • urge to an unnatural speed • act at high speed • run with the ball, in football • cause to move fast or to rush or race • cause to occur rapidly | ||||||||
hurry | verbv | |||||||
noun • a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry • overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner verb • move very fast • act at high speed • urge to an unnatural speed | ||||||||
race | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • any competition • a contest of speed • people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock • (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species • the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller • a canal for a current of water verb • move hurridly • compete in a race • to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others • cause to move fast or to rush or race | ||||||||
accelerate | verbv | |||||||
verb • move faster • cause to move faster | ||||||||
acceleration | nounn | |||||||
noun • an increase in rate of change • the act of accelerating; increasing the speed • (physics) a rate of increase of velocity | ||||||||
dart | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot • a tapered tuck made in dressmaking • a sudden quick movement verb • move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart • run or move very quickly or hastily • move with sudden speed | ||||||||
expedite | verbv | |||||||
verb • speed up the progress of; facilitate • process fast and efficiently | ||||||||
festinate | verbv | |||||||
verb • act at high speed | ||||||||
hie | verbv | |||||||
verb • move hurridly | ||||||||
hotfoot | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it adverb • without delay; speedily verb • move hurridly | ||||||||
induce | verbv | |||||||
verb • cause to arise • cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner • cause to occur rapidly • reason or establish by induction • produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes | ||||||||
quicken | verbv | |||||||
verb • move faster • make keen or more acute • give life or energy to • show signs of life • give new life or energy to | ||||||||