sped (up)

verb

variants or speeded (up)
Definition of sped (up)next
past tense of speed (up)
as in accelerated
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sped (up)
  1. accelerated
  2. rushed
  3. pushed
  4. urged
  5. hurried
  6. encouraged
Verb
  • The vehicle then accelerated forward, and Foster moved directly in front of it with his gun drawn.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The focus on fraud has noticeably accelerated in the weeks leading up to the election.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of accelerated
Verb
  • Portis rushed to his teammates’ defense, getting into Gafford’s face before the two teams separated them.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Wessel was rushed to hospital; Hohler was arrested a couple of days later.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of rushed
Verb
  • If the Fed keeps rates on hold, Warsh will be pushed to explain why the central bank hiked in September but not this month.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Rising chronic stress and a hunger for passive recovery spaces have pushed the concept out of clinical and special-education settings into mainstream residential yards.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pushed
Verb
  • Eisenkot urged him to do so, arguing that military force without a diplomatic strategy could not deliver a lasting victory.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
  • However, experts urged caution when drawing sweeping conclusions from subgroup survey data.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of urged
Verb
  • In the northern port city of Keelung, boat owners hurried to secure their vessels.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • On a tight end screen with 8 minutes and 48 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the Falcons’ 31-23 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Daniels hurried downhill and tackled Bears standout Colston Loveland.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurried
Verb
  • Alison Linder, assistant sustainability coordinator at Occidental College, which has a thrift store of its own with Halloween costumes in stock, encouraged people to organize their own swaps with neighbors, friends or school classmates.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly dismissed previous caution of AI tools and encouraged rapid autonomous innovation at the Pentagon.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of encouraged
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“Sped (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sped%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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