Synonyms for quicken
ˈkwɪk ənquick·en

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1. quickennoun

   Synonyms:
   quickbeam

2. quickenverb

   To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.

   Synonyms:
   quickbeam

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1. quicken

   To quicken, in the sense here considered, is to increase speed, move or cause to move more rapidly, as through more space or with, a greater number of motions in the same time. To accelerate is to increase the speed of action or of motion. A motion whose speed increases upon itself is said to be accelerated, as the motion of a falling body, which becomes swifter with every second of time. To accelerate any work is to hasten it toward a finish, commonly by quickening all its operations in orderly unity toward the result. To despatch is to do and be done with, to get a thing off one's hands. To despatch an enemy is to kill him outright and quickly; to despatch a messenger is to send him in haste; to despatch a business is to bring it quickly to an end. Despatch is commonly used of single items. To promote a cause is in any way to bring it forward, advance it in power, prominence, etc. To speed is really to secure swiftness; to hasten is to attempt it, whether successfully or unsuccessfully. Hurry always indicates something of confusion. The hurried man forgets dignity, appearance, comfort, courtesy, everything but speed; he may forget something vital to the matter in hand; yet, because reckless haste may attain the great object of speed, hurry has come to be the colloquial and popular word for acting quickly. To facilitate is to quicken by making easy; to expedite is to quicken by removing hindrances. A good general will improve roads to facilitate the movements of troops, hasten supplies and perfect discipline to promote the general efficiency of the force, despatch details of business, expedite all preparations, in order to accelerate the advance and victory of his army.

   Synonyms:
   accelerate, advance, despatch, drive, drive on, expedite, facilitate, further, hasten, hurry, make haste, press forward, promote, speed, urge, urge on

   Antonyms:
   check, clog, delay, drag, hinder, impede, obstruct, retard

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1. quicken

   Synonyms:
   accelerate, animate, revive, reinvigorate, resuscitate, vivify, stimulate, hurry, hasten, urge, excite, promote, expedite

   Antonyms:
   retard, delay, encumber, clog, drag, detain, discourage, allay

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1. accelerate, speed up, speed, quickenverb

   move faster

   "The car accelerated"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, hotfoot, zip, travel rapidly, cannonball along, vivify, whet, bucket along, race, hurry, rush along, hie, hasten, belt along, speed, accelerate, renovate, revivify, reanimate, pelt along, animate, repair, revive, invigorate, speed up, step on it, rush

2. whet, quickenverb

   make keen or more acute

   "whet my appetite"

   Synonyms:
   whet, accelerate, repair, invigorate, speed, recreate, reanimate, revive, speed up, renovate, animate, vivify, revivify

3. quicken, invigorateverb

   give life or energy to

   "The cold water invigorated him"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, enliven, invigorate, liven, revive, revivify, renovate, liven up, reinvigorate, accelerate, speed, exalt, reanimate, vivify, animate, repair, whet, inspire, speed up

4. quickenverb

   show signs of life

   "the fetus quickened"

   Synonyms:
   whet, accelerate, invigorate, speed, recreate, reanimate, revive, speed up, renovate, animate, vivify, repair, revivify

5. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivifyverb

   give new life or energy to

   "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

   Synonyms:
   speed up, furbish up, resuscitate, restitute, compensate, animate, remediate, fix, amend, enliven, mend, cheer, vivify, animize, accelerate, refurbish, liven up, renovate, bushel, invigorate, speed, inspire, exalt, resurrect, play, hearten, restore, freshen up, rectify, touch on, recompense, recreate, animise, remedy, resort, repair, come to, reanimate, embolden, liven, revive, revivify, whet, doctor, indemnify

Matched Categories

1. • Intensify
   • Move
   • Stimulate

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1. quickenverb

   Synonyms:
   vivify, revive, resuscitate, reinvigorate, refresh, make alive, give life to

2. quickenverb

   Synonyms:
   hasten, accelerate, speed, hurry, expedite, despatch

3. quickenverb

   Synonyms:
   stimulate, sharpen, excite, incite

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1. quickenverb

   Synonyms:
   revive, vivify, vitalize, resuscitate, animate, excite, stimulate, incite, actuate, accelerate, expedite, hasten, advance, facilitate, further

   Antonyms:
   impede, retard, hinder, obstruct, check

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1. List of paraphrases for "quicken":

   accelerate, expedite

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1. quicken

   Synonyms:
   To come to life; to make quick, see there
   

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1. Lloyd Jackson:

   County officials have yet to make a decision as to what to do with the facility. But while they dither, the monthly meter is running. According to figures compiled by the Detroit Free Press some of the monthly costs include : Despite the hefty costs of The Wayne County Jail, and the county teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Wayne County Executive Warren Evans does not appear to be any closer to making a decision on the building site. Due to the county's financial state, anything done on the... jail will just add to the deficit, once the deficit has been solved, the county can move forward with options on whether to finish the Gratiot site or renovate the three existing jails. As the county makes progress on its recovery plan, it will better be able to solve the jail issue. The Wayne County Jail was originally proposed as a $ 300 million, 2,000-bed jail that would combine the other county correctional facilities. Ground was broken on the work site in September 2011, but was stalled nearly two years later, in June 2013, when a 60-day suspension was imposed after projected cost overruns totaled nearly $ 100 million. Construction never resumed, and later that summer, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into the project. The investigation led to the arrest of former Wayne County Chief Financial Officer Carla Sledge, attorney Steven Collins and construction manager Anthony Parlovecchio. Five parties have expressed interest in buying the construction site, including Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, who has been active in Detroit’s ongoing attempt at urban renewal. But so far, the county has not accepted any offers — which is proving costly to taxpayers.

2. Warren Buffett:

   We buy a very few loans unrelated to the manufactured home business, and Quicken is the one we buy them from.

3. Michael Drayne:

   The central question of the Quicken story is, how much and how quickly can they convert what they've done to purchase-money transactions.

4. Joe Brusuelas:

   This would cause the Federal Reserve to quicken the pace of its policy normalization. You would hear more about a 50-basis point increase.

5. Percy Bysshe Shelley:

   Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken.