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DAWDLE Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word dawdle. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For DAWDLE

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accelerate
verbv
verb

• move faster

• cause to move faster

expedite
verbv
verb

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• process fast and efficiently

hasten
verb, adverbv, adv
verb

• act at high speed

• move hurridly

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• 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

hustle
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• a rapid active commotion

verb

• cause to move furtively and hurriedly

• move or cause to move energetically or busily

• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

• get by trying hard

• pressure or urge someone into an action

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

speed
nounn
noun

• 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

verb

• move hurridly

• move faster

• move very fast

• travel at an excessive or illegal velocity

• cause to move faster

zip
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

• a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

• forceful exertion

• a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

verb

• close with a zipper

• move very fast

Alternatives for ACCELERATE

Alternatives for EXPEDITE

Alternatives for HASTEN

Alternatives for HURRY

Alternatives for HUSTLE

Alternatives for RUSH

Alternatives for SPEED

Alternatives for ZIP

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