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speed (up)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of speed (up)

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

We have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline.

Synonyms of speed (up)

accelerate, bundle, fast-track, hasten, hurry, quicken, rush, whisk

Words Related to speed (up)

drive, goad, prod, propel, push, race, spur, stir, urge

aid, dispatch, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate

Near Antonyms of speed (up)

delay, encumber, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, interfere (with), manacle, rein (in), restrain, shackle, tie up, trammel

arrest, check, stall, stay, still, stop

Antonyms of speed (up)

brake, decelerate, retard, slow (down)

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