Synonyms of quickening

quickening 1 of 3

adjective

as in vitalizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vitalizing
• activating
• energizing
• inducing
• inspiring
• motivating
• galvanizing
• motivational
• inspirational
• maddening
• aggravating
• motivative
• upsetting
• triggering
• exasperating
• irksome
• explosive
• vexing
• annoying
• vexatious
• bothersome
• irritating
• inflammatory
• pesky
• exciting
• provoking
• stimulating
• enraging
• galling
• angering
• provocative
• incendiary
• fiery
• inciting
• instigative
• instigating
• piquing
• edgy
• charged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noninflammatory
• subduing

quickening

2 of 3

noun

as in acceleration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acceleration
• hastening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

quickening

3 of 3

verb

present participle of quicken

1

as in accelerating

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

she eventually quickened her pace so she could keep up with the others

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in stimulating

to give life, vigor, or spirit to

the news that we'd head to Florida for Christmas quickened the children, who instantly began jumping for joy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stimulating
• stirring
• arousing
• animating
• awakening
• enlivening
• vivifying
• invigorating
• energizing
• vitalizing
• electrifying
• exciting
• provoking
• activating
• jump-starting
• driving
• spiking
• reviving
• triggering
• cheering
• propelling
• bracing
• lifting
• firing
• inspiring
• strengthening
• zipping (up)
• awaking
• jazzing (up)
• pepping (up)
• sparking
• motivating
• livening (up)
• rousing
• boosting
• raising
• amping (up)
• filliping
• moving
• impelling
• recreating
• rallying
• charging
• gingering (up)
• juicing up
• renewing
• waking (up)
• refreshing
• actuating
• motiving
• galvanizing
• enkindling
• buoying
• reawakening
• resurrecting
• kindling
• infusing
• fomenting
• inciting
• enflaming
• instigating
• reinvigorating
• whipping (up)
• emboldening
• regenerating
• inflaming
• rekindling
• fermenting
• abetting
• revitalizing
• rejuvenating
• setting off
• reenergizing
• heartening
• reactivating
• resuscitating
• turning on
• reanimating
• recharging
• fortifying
• steeling
• restimulating
• re-energizing
• refreshening
• reawaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killing
• dulling
• deadening
• dampening
• damping
• weakening
• slowing
• undermining
• wearing
• draining
• sapping
• exhausting
• debilitating
• enervating
• harassing
• wearying
• restraining
• burning out
• checking
• knocking out
• inhibiting
• fatiguing
• quenching
• wearing out
• curbing
• doing in
• suppressing
• washing out
• stunting
• repressing
• quelling
• enfeebling
• stilling
• discouraging
• fagging
• daunting
• kayoing
• disheartening
• tuckering (out)
• demoralizing
• jading
• dispiriting