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

The wife of a man who killed himself after his home burned down in the Palisades fire is among more than a dozen plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits blaming the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and other defendants for causing or hastening the deaths of their relatives. —Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026

Machado embraced Kim, hastening his acclimation to MLB. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025

You are propelled alongside them as Agnes, sensing William’s creative and professional frustrations, packs him off to London to follow his dreams, hastening the pair’s descent into marital discontent and parental grief. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025

Already touting a 1-million-robot arsenal across its fulfillment network, Amazon is leaning into more robotics tech aimed at hastening warehouse tasks and facilitating faster deliveries. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025

But in 2016, a bombshell study in Nature concluded that crumbling ice cliffs could trigger a runaway process of retreat, dramatically hastening the timeline. —Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025

African nations are hastening to restrict the export of key metals, hoping to generate domestic jobs and revenue. —Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025

Salt absorbs moisture, thus hastening the drying process. —Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025

This not only proves fruitless, but the probes seem to be hastening the closing of the wormhole. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025