Synonyms of hastens

hastens

verb

present tense third-person singular of hasten

1

as in accelerates

to cause to move or proceed fast or faster

hasten the activation of yeast with heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accelerates
• rushes
• pushes
• hurries
• quickens
• encourages
• urges
• speeds (up)
• facilitates
• whisks
• fast-tracks
• bundles
• propels
• drives
• spurs
• expedites
• stirs
• races
• aids
• goads
• prods
• eases
• dispatches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brakes
• decelerates
• slows (down)
• retards
• hinders
• impedes
• restrains
• interferes (with)
• delays
• hampers
• hobbles
• reins (in)
• encumbers
• stops
• stays
• holds back
• holds up
• arrests
• ties up
• checks
• stalls
• fetters
• shackles
• trammels
• stills
• manacles

2

as in hurries

to proceed or move quickly

the contractors hastened to complete the project before the deadline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurries
• rushes
• scurries
• speeds
• travels
• trots
• drives
• races
• flies
• zips
• chases
• jumps
• buzzes
• runs
• scoots
• blows
• scuttles
• steps
• tears
• rips
• darts
• blasts
• whirls
• dashes
• jogs
• zooms
• hies
• shoots
• rustles
• hurls
• hustles
• bowls
• rams
• hurtles
• whisks
• blazes
• barrels
• careens
• cracks (on)
• bustles
• breezes
• courses
• gallops
• bolts
• careers
• motors
• jets
• belts
• nips
• bundles
• humps
• steps on it
• accelerates
• beats it
• makes tracks
• hares
• pelts
• rockets
• hotfoots (it)
• flits
• bombs
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• scampers
• quickens
• cannonballs
• highballs
• overtakes
• whizzes
• sprints
• outstrips
• outpaces
• stampedes
• outruns
• streaks
• beetles
• scuds
• steps out
• scuffles
• arrows
• catches up
• fast-forwards
• beelines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• lingers
• drags
• creeps
• lags
• pokes
• hangs (around or out)
• dawdles
• tarries
• loiters
• saunters
• pokes
• strolls
• ambles
• shuffles
• dallies
• slows (down or up)
• decelerates
• plods
• lumbers
• dillydallies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hastens

Most guidelines also recommend careful consideration for men who have had prostate cancer or are at risk of the disease, given lingering questions about whether hormone therapy hastens tumor growth. — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 16 July 2026

As Wembanyama garners worldwide attention, arriving right at Tatum and Silver’s New York doorstep in a moment that could change the sport, the NBA’s desire to expand hastens. — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 5 June 2026

Hilling hastens germination and promotes faster growth, as well as improving soil drainage. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 May 2026

Seeds produce ethylene that hastens maturation and deterioration of the surrounding tissue. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026

This hastens the design process and allows engineers to trial different solutions to problems in a faster, cheaper way. — New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2025

But some experts warn that what’s happening in Hatteras could be a glimpse of what’s to come in other coastal areas as climate change fuels more powerful storms and hastens erosion. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025

In a clinical trial, elderly people immobilized by arthritic knees, an impediment that hastens muscle wasting, experienced six-per-cent growth in their leg muscles. — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025