hasten
Move more quickly
Hasten means to move or act quickly, or to cause something to happen sooner.
You might hasten to add a clarification, or hasten someone's departure with a pointed remark.
We hastened to reassure her.
The scandal hastened his downfall.
The word carries a slightly formal or literary tone compared to hurry or rush.
Quick sudden movement
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- raceCompetition of speed
- scurryHurried small-stepped motion
hustle · bustle · bolt · dart · gallop · scamper · hurtle · flee
Make something easier
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- dispatchSend with speed
- advanceMove or progress forward
- enableMake something feasible
optimize · simplify · smooth · clear the way · cut through · push through · fast-track · grease the wheels
Increase velocity or rate
- fast-trackAccelerate a process
- quickenTo accelerate or animate
- advanceMove or progress forward
- escalateIncrease in severity
intensify · step up · rev up · boost · turbocharge · fast-forward · gain momentum · snowball
rush
Quick sudden movement
scurry · hustle · bustle · bolt · dart · gallop · scamper · hurtle · flee · scramble
facilitate
Make something easier
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- dispatchSend with speed
- advanceMove or progress forward
enable · optimize · simplify · smooth · clear the way · cut through · push through · fast-track · grease the wheels · shortcut
speed up
Increase velocity or rate
- fast-trackAccelerate a process
- quickenTo accelerate or animate
- advanceMove or progress forward
escalate · intensify · step up · rev up · boost · turbocharge · fast-forward · gain momentum · snowball · compound
precipitate
Headlong and reckless
cause · induce · provoke · invite · court · bring about · usher in · lead to · foster · foment
impel
Drive to act
press · push · drive · propel · prompt · incite · pressure · compel · force · nudge
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- Bewegungfallen
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, speed up, speeding up
- Getting Aheadshortcut, expedite, accelerate, speed up, promotion
- time verbswait, pause, delay, hurry, rush
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- haste makes wasteAdage against rushing
- beat a hasty retreatDepart rapidly under pressure
- in haste
- hasty retreatRapid, unplanned departure
- make hasteAct with urgency
- beating a hasty retreatDeparting quickly under pressure
hasty, haste, hastily, hastiness, hastening, hastened, hastens, posthaste, overhasty