accelerate Antonyms
Opposite of accelerate
• verb (Context 1)
To begin to move more quickly, or to cause a vehicle or object to increase its speed.
"The driver had to decelerate smoothly to merge into the fast-moving highway traffic."
• verb (Context 2)
To cause a process, event, or change to happen sooner or develop more rapidly.
"Warm spring temperatures and steady rainfall helped delay the growth of the newly planted crops."
• verb (Context 3)
To undergo a change in velocity, either in speed or direction (in physics and mechanics).
"According to Newton's second law, an object will decelerate in the direction of the net force applied to it."
• adjective (Context 4)
Quickened, hastened, or moving at an increased rate of speed (now archaic or poetic, except in biology to describe a stage of development occurring earlier than usual).
"Certain amphibian species exhibit retarded development when environmental conditions require rapid metamorphosis."
Similar words to accelerate
Words similar to accelerate shift depending on context. Common synonyms include: