1
[ verb ] move faster

Synonyms

accelerate speed speed_up

Examples

"The car accelerated"

Used in print

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Quickening his steps , John entered the vast church and climbed the tower steps to the bells .

Related terms

decelerate intensify brisk speed acceleration

2
[ verb ] show signs of life; of a fetus

Related terms

move quickening

3
[ verb ] give life or energy to

Synonyms

invigorate

Examples

"The cold water invigorated him"

Related terms

stimulate animation

4
[ verb ] make keen or more acute

Synonyms

whet

Examples

"whet my appetite"

Related terms

stimulate

5
[ verb ] give new life or energy to

Synonyms

revive recreate vivify revivify renovate animate repair reanimate enliven

Examples

"A hot soup will revive me" "This will renovate my spirits" "This treatment repaired my health"

Related terms

stimulate come_to revival refreshment

6
[ verb ] give new life or energy to

Synonyms

revive recreate vivify reanimate revivify animate

Examples

"A hot soup will revive me"

Related terms

stimulate

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

K W IH1 K AH0 N

Similar Spelling

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