Acceleration Synonyms and Antonyms

ăk-sĕlə-rāshən
Increasing speed, timing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. quickening
  2. speedup
  3. speeding up
  4. hastening
  5. increase of speed
  6. dispatch
  7. hurrying
  8. expedition
  9. stepping up
  10. picking up speed
  11. beefing-up
  12. festination
  13. forwarding
  14. heating-up
Antonyms:
  1. deceleration
  2. slowing down
  3. retardation
  4. hindrance
  5. deferral
An increase in rate of change
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. deceleration
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. accelerando

Words Related to Acceleration

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. gravity relativity
  2. torque
  3. velocity
  4. angular-velocity
  5. accelleration
  6. low-speed
  7. deflection
  8. forward motion
  9. speed

Acceleration Sentence Examples

  • The acceleration therefore remains the same, and the velocity is unaltered.

  • The pull recorded on the diagram includes the resistances due to acceleration and to the gradient on which the train is moving.

  • Since the difference between the acceleration of gravity at the pole and at the equator is about 2%, the correction for latitude will be quite sensible in an instrument which might be used at various times in high and low latitudes.

  • This gives the acceleration of m as modified by the inertia of the wheel.

  • The rapid variation of certain groups of animals or the acceleration of certain organs is also not evidence of the sudden appearance of new adaptive characters.

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