sped up
Increased the pace
Sped up is the past tense of speed up, meaning to increase velocity or accelerate a process: We sped up to pass the truck, The deadline sped up our work.
Also appears as speeded up, with no difference in meaning.
- acceleratedIncreased in velocity
- hastenedMoved or acted faster
- quickenedIncreased in speed
- turbochargedEngine with forced induction
- expeditedMade faster, prioritized
stepped on it · rushed · dashed · swift · hasty · raced · boosted · fast-tracked · zoomed · whizzed · hurried · double time · escalated · compressed · streamlined · intensified · faster · revved
- intensifiedamplified, boosted, enhanced, heightened, increased
velocity change
sped upslowed down
Reduced velocity
decelerated · braked · slowed · crawled · put on the brakes
process tempo
sped upslowed down
Reduced velocity
delayed · retarded · hindered · impeded · dragged out
up, speed, speedy, speeding, speeds, speedily, speedboat, speediness, speedometer