Thesaurus:speed up
English
Synonyms
- get a move on (idiomatic)
- get a wiggle on (idiomatic)
- get one's ass in gear (idiomatic)
- get one's skates on (idiomatic)
- get the lead out (idiomatic)
- mend one's pace (dated)
- put on (obsolete)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- burn rubber (idiomatic)
- give it the gun (idiomatic)
- hit the gas (idiomatic)
- lay rubber (idiomatic)
- peel out (US, idiomatic)
- put the pedal to the metal (idiomatic)
- rev up (idiomatic)
- step on the gas (idiomatic)
- tach up (idiomatic)
Further reading
- “274. velocity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “684. haste” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “speed up” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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