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Synonyms of acceleration in English:

acceleration


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noun

1‘the car's acceleration is sensational’

SYNONYMS
speeding up, increasing speed, increase in speed, gain in momentum, gathering speed, opening up
technical rate of change of velocity
ANTONYMS

deceleration, slowing down

2‘there was some acceleration of the process’

SYNONYMS
hastening, speeding up, quickening, stepping up, advancement, furthering, furtherance, forwarding, promotion, boosting, boost, stimulation, spur, aid, assistance, facilitation, easing, simplification, expedition, precipitation

3‘an acceleration in the divorce rate’

SYNONYMS
increase, rise, advance, leap, surge, escalation, spiralling, worsening