speed

n

1. rapidity, haste, hurry, hurriedness, celerity, velocity, speediness; alacrity, promptness, dispatch; swiftness, fleetness, quickness, fastness, ex-peditiousness, precipitousness.

v

2. further, forward, expedite, promote, advance; nudge ahead, get moving, get on the road, boost, give a boost to, give a leg up; back, assist, aid, support, pull strings for, facilitate.

3. rush, run, haste, scamper, Inf. scoot, scurry, hie, career; dash, dart, shoot, tear, sprint, race, charge; fly, go like the wind, outstrip the wind; whip along, spank, zoom, whoosh, whiz, Sl. zing, Sl. smoke, Inf. zip, Sl. make it snappy, Inf. hightail it; hustle, cover ground, streak; bolt, Inf. skedaddle, run like a scared rabbit, Sl. vamoose, decamp, Sl. make tracks; gallop, trot, Sl. put the heat on; Inf. go hellbent for leather or election, go at breakneck speed, go like a bat out of hell, go like a shot, go like lightning or greased lightning; Inf. tear up the road, Sl. barrel, Inf. floor it, Inf. gun it.

4. drive too fast, exceed the speed limit, Sl. have a heavy foot, disobey the rules of the road or highway signs.

5. speed up

accelerate, hurry up, quicken, hasten, precipitate, get moving or going, get a move on, shake a leg, step on the gas, Inf. rev up.