hasteners

Those who quicken

Hasteners are people or things that speed something up or cause it to happen sooner.

The word is the agent noun form of hasten: The committee members were hasteners of reform.

Anything that accelerates a process can be called a hastener: Drought proved a hastener of the empire's collapse.

urgency

accelerators

Things that speed up

rush · deadline · crisis · emergency · pressure · time-sensitive · critical · imminent · fast-track · swift

efficiency

streamliners

Aerodynamic rail vehicles

automation · workflow · time-saving · expeditious · systematic · methodical · lean · performance · effectiveness · proficiency

impatience

pushers

Those who sell drugs

agitation · frustration · edginess · tension · eagerness · anxiety · fidgeting · irritability · exasperation · annoyance

Opposites
effect on speed/tempo

hastenersdelayers

Those who cause lateness

retarders · slowers · decelerators · impediments · hindrances

effect on progress/completion

hastenerspostponers

Those who delay action

delayers · retarders · procrastinators · stallers · foot-draggers

urgency/patience

hastenersdeliberators

Those who carefully consider

waiters · plodders · gradualists

Family

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