expedite
Push through faster
To expedite is to speed up a process or make something happen faster than it otherwise would.
The word carries a sense of removing obstacles or cutting through delays: We paid extra to expedite shipping.
Officials expedite paperwork, companies expedite orders, and bureaucracies occasionally expedite approvals when pressed.
The tone is slightly formal—you'd expedite a passport application but just hurry up with dinner.
Increase in velocity
- hastenTo accelerate or rush
- quickenTo accelerate or animate
- speedRate of motion
- fast-trackAccelerate a process
rush · advance · propel · spur · boost · precipitate · turbocharge · escalate
Make something easier
smooth · support · aid · unblock · grease the wheels · pave the way · cut red tape · bypass
Needing immediate attention
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
immediate · imperative · essential · paramount · time-sensitive · crucial · exigent · compelling
Remove unnecessary elements
- optimizeMake maximally effective
- simplifyMake less complex
- workflowSequential task progression
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
lean · agile · consolidate · reorganize · refine · productive · time-saving · methodical
Favorable opinion given
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- shipmentGoods being transported
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- permitOfficial written authorization
visa · customs · clearance · order · application · transaction · turnaround · fulfillment
accelerate
Increase in velocity
fast-track · rush · advance · propel · spur · boost · precipitate · turbocharge · escalate · step up
facilitate
Make something easier
clear · smooth · support · aid · unblock · grease the wheels · pave the way · cut red tape · bypass · shortcut
urgent
Needing immediate attention
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
pressing · immediate · imperative · essential · paramount · time-sensitive · crucial · exigent · compelling · rush
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
systematic · lean · agile · consolidate · reorganize · refine · productive · time-saving · methodical · logistics
approval
Favorable opinion given
permit · visa · customs · clearance · order · application · transaction · turnaround · fulfillment · disbursement
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, speed up, speeding up
- efficiencyoptimization, efficient, streamlining, effective, optimize
- Getting Aheadshortcut, accelerate, speed up, promotion, advancement
- prioritypriority, top priority, high priority, low-priority, first priority
- shortcutsshortcut, shorthand, hotkey, keyboard shortcut, hack
- Ford ExpeditionFull-size sport utility vehicle
- mountain expeditionsJourneys to scale peaks
- fishing expeditionOuting to catch aquatic creatures
- research expeditionsPlanned trips for discovery
- on a fishing expeditionSearching without specific target
- lost expedition
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