Synonyms of hastens

hastens

verb

present tense third-person singular of hasten

1

as in accelerates

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

hasten the activation of yeast with heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accelerates
• rushes
• pushes
• hurries
• quickens
• encourages
• urges
• speeds (up)
• facilitates
• whisks
• fast-tracks
• bundles
• propels
• drives
• spurs
• expedites
• stirs
• races
• aids
• goads
• prods
• eases
• dispatches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brakes
• decelerates
• slows (down)
• retards
• hinders
• impedes
• restrains
• interferes (with)
• delays
• hampers
• hobbles
• reins (in)
• encumbers
• stops
• stays
• holds back
• holds up
• arrests
• ties up
• checks
• stalls
• fetters
• shackles
• trammels
• stills
• manacles

2

as in hurries

to proceed or move quickly

the contractors hastened to complete the project before the deadline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurries
• rushes
• scurries
• speeds
• travels
• trots
• drives
• races
• flies
• zips
• chases
• jumps
• buzzes
• runs
• scoots
• blows
• scuttles
• steps
• tears
• rips
• darts
• blasts
• whirls
• dashes
• jogs
• zooms
• hies
• shoots
• rustles
• hurls
• hustles
• bowls
• rams
• hurtles
• whisks
• blazes
• barrels
• careens
• cracks (on)
• bustles
• breezes
• courses
• gallops
• bolts
• careers
• motors
• jets
• belts
• nips
• bundles
• humps
• steps on it
• accelerates
• beats it
• makes tracks
• hares
• pelts
• rockets
• hotfoots (it)
• flits
• bombs
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• scampers
• quickens
• cannonballs
• highballs
• overtakes
• whizzes
• sprints
• outstrips
• outpaces
• stampedes
• outruns
• streaks
• beetles
• scuds
• steps out
• scuffles
• arrows
• catches up
• fast-forwards
• beelines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• lingers
• drags
• creeps
• lags
• pokes
• hangs (around or out)
• dawdles
• tarries
• loiters
• saunters
• pokes
• strolls
• ambles
• shuffles
• dallies
• slows (down or up)
• decelerates
• plods
• lumbers
• dillydallies