Synonyms of hasten

hasten

verb

ˈhā-sᵊn 

1

as in to accelerate

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

hasten the activation of yeast with heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accelerate
• rush
• push
• hurry
• encourage
• quicken
• urge
• facilitate
• speed (up)
• whisk
• fast-track
• spur
• expedite
• drive
• race
• aid
• propel
• stir
• bundle
• prod
• goad
• ease
• dispatch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retard
• brake
• slow (down)
• decelerate
• hinder
• impede
• delay
• restrain
• interfere (with)
• hamper
• encumber
• hobble
• stop
• tie up
• hold back
• check
• stay
• hold up
• rein (in)
• arrest
• stall
• fetter
• still
• shackle
• trammel
• manacle

2

as in to hurry

to proceed or move quickly

the contractors hastened to complete the project before the deadline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurry
• rush
• speed
• scurry
• race
• travel
• drive
• trot
• fly
• jump
• chase
• zip
• run
• scuttle
• blow
• scoot
• step
• buzz
• tear
• rip
• dart
• dash
• blast
• course
• jog
• shoot
• hie
• whirl
• hurl
• zoom
• hurtle
• career
• crack (on)
• blaze
• whisk
• breeze
• ram
• bolt
• hare
• rustle
• bowl
• nip
• careen
• motor
• hustle
• rocket
• pelt
• jet
• hump
• gallop
• belt
• beat it
• step on it
• bundle
• get a move on
• barrel
• accelerate
• make tracks
• highball
• bustle
• bomb
• hotfoot (it)
• quicken
• flit
• scamper
• shake a leg
• cannonball
• overtake
• stampede
• streak
• sprint
• outstrip
• whiz
• outpace
• step out
• whizz
• beetle
• outrun
• catch up
• scud
• scuffle
• fast-forward
• arrow
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• crawl
• drag
• linger
• hang (around or out)
• poke
• dawdle
• tarry
• loiter
• lag
• poke
• stroll
• amble
• saunter
• shuffle
• slow (down or up)
• plod
• decelerate
• dillydally
• lumber
• dally

Examples of hasten in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also publicly pressured the Biden administration to hasten arms transfers. —Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024

Good Business Pays’ biannual reports are intended to put pressure on major companies to hasten their payment practices to small businesses in the absence of government legislation forcing them to do so. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 3 Oct. 2024

Both involve a subject who has decided to hasten an inevitable and imminent death and has requested help in doing so. —Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024

If the industry shifts to giving major titles cross-platform releases, that stands to hurt console sales and potentially hasten their demise. —Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024