- acceleration
- n1. speeding up, speed-up, increase in speed or velocity, Sl. jazzing up; picking up, Sl. opening up, skyrocketing, rising; (all of an engine) gunning, Sl. giving the gun, racing, Inf. revving up, Sl. vrooming, Sl. giving the gas, Sl. stepping on the gas.2. hastening, hurrying, hustling, precipitation, antedating; expedition, speed, promptness, dispatch; stepping up, quickening; urging on, pressing forward, driving; incitement, incitation, prompting, stimulation, energizing; advance, advancement, furtherance, promotion, movement forward, facilitation.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.