Synonyms of hastening

hastening 1 of 2

noun

as in acceleration

Related Words

• acceleration
• quickening

Dissimilar Words

• retardation
• deceleration
• slowdown
• decline
• braking
• drop
• slump
• letup
• retreat
• downshift
• ebb
• remission
• wane

hastening

2 of 2

verb

present participle of hasten

1

as in accelerating

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

hasten the activation of yeast with heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accelerating
• rushing
• hurrying
• pushing
• urging
• quickening
• encouraging
• bundling
• speeding (up)
• fast-tracking
• facilitating
• whisking
• spurring
• driving
• aiding
• propelling
• expediting
• stirring
• racing
• prodding
• goading
• dispatching
• easing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retarding
• braking
• slowing (down)
• delaying
• decelerating
• impeding
• hindering
• restraining
• hampering
• interfering (with)
• hobbling
• stopping
• checking
• encumbering
• holding back
• staying
• tying up
• holding up
• arresting
• reining (in)
• stalling
• fettering
• shackling
• stilling
• trammeling
• manacling

2

as in hurrying

to proceed or move quickly

the contractors hastened to complete the project before the deadline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurrying
• rushing
• speeding
• scurrying
• traveling
• racing
• driving
• trotting
• flying
• zipping
• chasing
• jumping
• running
• buzzing
• darting
• scuttling
• scooting
• blowing
• stepping
• tearing
• dashing
• blasting
• blazing
• bolting
• ripping
• whirling
• zooming
• ramming
• hurtling
• barreling
• hustling
• careering
• bowling
• jogging
• rustling
• shooting
• careening
• bundling
• galloping
• rocketing
• breezing
• coursing
• haring
• whisking
• hurling
• motoring
• bustling
• humping
• nipping
• cracking (on)
• pelting
• jetting
• belting
• hying
• highballing
• bombing
• accelerating
• cannonballing
• beating it
• scampering
• flitting
• quickening
• making tracks
• scudding
• stepping on it
• hotfooting (it)
• getting a move on
• shaking a leg
• sprinting
• stampeding
• scuffling
• streaking
• whizzing
• overtaking
• beetling
• outstripping
• outrunning
• outpacing
• stepping out
• fast-forwarding
• catching up
• arrowing
• beelining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• lingering
• poking
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• dawdling
• strolling
• poking
• shuffling
• loitering
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• tarrying
• plodding
• lumbering
• decelerating
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hastening

Verb

There are plenty of studies suggesting that AI is hastening our collective cognitive decline. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

But Sportman said more must be done, including draping the area with a tarp to prevent more water from entering the hole, hastening more erosion. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Far from resisting this slippage of standards, Hamilton seemed to be hastening it. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Around the world, innovative architects, scientists, and engineers are exploring building techniques and materials that can create places to live without hastening climate change. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026

The eclipse will pass over Galicia and then the Balearic Islands in Spain as sunset approaches, hastening the transition from day to night, according to the Spanish Scientific and Advisory Committee for the Trio of Eclipses. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 June 2026

The consequences ranged from hobbling Reconstruction to hastening the end of the Ottoman Empire to poisonous deflation, and the blundering response by governments helped shape the modern world. — Air Mail, 6 June 2026

Blended, the weakest of the three, underperformed at the box office, hastening Sandler’s seemingly permanent move to making Netflix comedies. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026

Might a generation raised on social media, a force often credited with hastening the death of theatrical moviegoing, instead prove to be its salvation? — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 May 2026