hastens
Brings about sooner
Hastens is the third-person singular of hasten, meaning to move or act quickly, or to cause something to happen sooner.
Someone who hastens toward a destination moves with urgency: She hastens to add that the offer still stands.
Events can be hastened—sped up or brought forward: The scandal hastened his departure from office.
Makes swifter or easier
- quickensIncreases in speed
- speedsRates of motion
- precipitatesCauses suddenly or prematurely
- advancesForward movements or progress
facilitates · spurs · catalyzes · stimulates · propels · boosts · forwards · pushes
Moves with urgency
- scurriesMoves fast, short-stepped
- dashesShort fast races
- racesContests of speed
- sprintsBrief maximum-speed runs
bolts · flies · tears · charges · scrambles · bustles · rushes · whizzes
expedites
Makes swifter or easier
- quickensIncreases in speed
- speedsRates of motion
- precipitatesCauses suddenly or prematurely
advances · facilitates · spurs · catalyzes · stimulates · propels · boosts · forwards · pushes · drives
hurries
Moves with urgency
sprints · bolts · flies · tears · charges · scrambles · bustles · rushes · whizzes · zooms
presses
Pushes or flattens
forces · necessitates · demands · insists · goads · prods · pressures · pushes · drives · exigency
deteriorates
Becomes progressively worse
crumbles · withers · fades · weakens · erodes · collapses · fails · sinks · declines · downfall
- haste makes wasteAdage against rushing
- in haste
- make hasteAct with urgency
- post hasteWith maximum urgency
- make haste slowlyOxymoronic adage for prudence