ACCELERATING Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

accelerating

verb

present participle of accelerate

as in increasing

to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season

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as in rushing

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed

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as in expanding

to make greater in size, amount, or number the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession

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Recent Examples of accelerating Governance reforms, rising shareholder returns, accelerating share buybacks and the unwinding of cross-shareholdings are helping improve capital efficiency, while the return of inflation after decades of stagnation is boosting nominal earnings growth. —

Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 June 2026 Immigration courts in South Florida appear to be accelerating the scheduling of hearings, a move that is creating fear and uncertainty among many immigrants and their attorneys. —

Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 4 June 2026 The car was accelerating at about 50 mph and had gone about 1,000 feet when Huffman jumped out of the moving vehicle, police said. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026 The most consequential deployment of AI in American health care today has nothing to do with diagnosing cancer, predicting heart attacks, or accelerating drug discovery. —

Darshak Sanghavi, STAT, 3 June 2026 Cornering, braking, and accelerating all happen with such little tilt, such little fuss, and this is the Range Rover’s true secret. —

Adam Ismail, The Drive, 3 June 2026 In 1964 the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe won the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant, and incredibly the Cobra 427 S/C was the fastest accelerating production car in the world from 1965 for 21 years to 1986. —

New Atlas, 3 June 2026 Now, 25 games and 577 days since the injury that put his career in jeopardy, there was All on the Bengals’ practice fields, cutting and accelerating, extending for receptions and ducking into blocking assignments. —

Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 June 2026 Ronayne sees this evolution accelerating as AI reshapes how companies think about deploying expertise, arguing that the collective model is structurally aligned with where business is already heading. —

Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

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Leading up to Election Day, the Democratic share of those later ballots, which often determine the outcome in California, was steadily increasing as liberal-leaning voters began to make their choice.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 5 June 2026
At that time, Musk accused the FTC of aggressively increasing the number of investigative demands.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 4 June 2026