Word Type

Verb

Adjective

The word "accelerate" can be used as verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

decelerate decelerate retard unaccelerate

Derived Terms

acceleratable accelerated ageing accelerated aging accelerated critical illness accelerated depreciation accelerated erosion accelerated graphics port accelerated motion accelerating force accelerating universe acceleratingly accelerative accelerator deaccelerate nonaccelerating outaccelerate overaccelerate post-accelerate reaccelerate unaccelerating

Inflected/Variant Forms

accelerated

Context

education physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

alter change deepen intensify modify

Manner Of

change intensify

Related Terms

accelerando accelerant acceleration accelerograph accelerometer

Related Terms

accelerated faster grow hasten hastened hurried increase process progression quicken quickened speed student velocity

Synonym Network

advance dispatch expedite forward further hasten hurry pick up quicken speed up

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.