Word

accelerate, v.
(accelerated, accelerates, accelerating)
freq. cnt. 12

move faster
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

accelerate quicken speed speed up

sample sentences

"The car accelerated"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acceleratory accelerative

antonym

decelerate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speed speed speed

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speedup

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

quickening

semantic pointers

hyponym

brisk, brisk up, brisken

hypernym

intensify, deepen

cause to move faster
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

accelerate speed speed up

sample sentences

"He accelerated the car"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acceleratory accelerative acceleration accelerator accelerator acceleration

antonym

decelerate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speed speed speed

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speedup

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify