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speeds (up)

verb , present tense third-person singular of speed (up)

Synonyms and Antonyms of speeds (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 speeds (up)

accelerates, bundles, fast-tracks, hastens, hurries, quickens, rushes, whisks

Words Related to speeds (up)

drives, goads, prods, propels, pushes, races, spurs, stirs, urges

aids, dispatches, eases, encourages, expedites, facilitates

Near Antonyms of speeds (up)

delays, encumbers, fetters, hampers, hinders, hobbles, holds back, holds up, impedes, interferes (with), manacles, reins (in), restrains, shackles, ties up, trammels

arrests, checks, stalls, stays, stills, stops

Antonyms of speeds (up)

brakes, decelerates, retards, slows (down)

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