Synonyms of quickening

quickening 1 of 3

adjective

as in vitalizing

Related 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

Dissimilar Words

• noninflammatory
• subduing

quickening

2 of 3

noun

as in acceleration

Related Words

• acceleration
• hastening

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of quickening

Noun

Similar scenes of digital quickening are taking place all over Silicon Valley. — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 6 July 2026

The quickening of time will soon expose a partial, temporary truth, lodged within my grandmother’s premonition. — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025

Verb

The media, encouraged by negotiators themselves, often reinforces this view, noting that talks are progressing, referring to their quickening pace or intensifying efforts and the anticipation of further meetings. — John R. Bolton, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026

But that was one among many highlights of Paisley’s pulse-quickening 75-minute, 19-song set. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 4 Sep. 2026

The adjacent zip line provided some heart-quickening entertainment. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Fiery Mars shifts into your 11th House of Friends, quickening chats and group planning while your expressive nature rallies people around playful, creative goals. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026

Recently, though, Disney has begun making moves — including the poaching of Zameczkowski — that suggest its pace of activity in APAC could be quickening. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026

When a fire tore through Kantamanto that January, devouring eight acres, or nearly 60 percent of the market’s retail-facing side, the community of 30,000 retailers, traders and vendors all but lost hope in a business model that was already buckling under fashion’s ever-quickening pace. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026

Anti-Semitic violence in the Western world is quickening in tempo and intensifying in lethality. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026