QUICKEN Synonyms

• move faster

• cause to move faster

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• process fast and efficiently

• act at high speed

• move hurridly

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• cause to occur rapidly

• a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

• done with very great haste and without due deliberation

• bring about abruptly

• separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

• fall from clouds

• fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

• hurl or throw violently

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• any sharply pointed projection

• tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

• a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward

• a railway line connected to a trunk line

• incite or stimulate

• give heart or courage to

• strike with a spur

• goad with spurs

• equip with spurs

• act as a stimulant

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to occur rapidly

• stir feelings in

• provide the needed stimulus for

• belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

• endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

• endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

• heighten or intensify

• give lifelike qualities to

• make lively

• give new life or energy to

• heighten or intensify

• give life or energy to

• make lively

• impart vigor, strength, or vitality to

• give new life or energy to

• form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind

• engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion

• give new life or energy to

• give encouragement to

• produce or make another of

• make a replica of

• restore to a previous or better condition

• make brighter and prettier

• give new life or energy to

• the act of putting something in working order again

• a formal way of referring to the condition of something

• a frequently visited place

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• make amends for; pay compensation for

• move, travel, or proceed toward some place

• set straight or right

• give new life or energy to

• cause to regain consciousness

• give new life or energy to

• be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength

• restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

• return to consciousness

• give new life or energy to

• distance travelled per unit time

• a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

• changing location rapidly

• the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system

• a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

• move hurridly

• move faster

• move very fast

• travel at an excessive or illegal velocity

• cause to move faster

• give new life or energy to

• make more striking or animated

• make keen or more acute

• sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone