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Antonyms for acceleration
ækˌsɛl əˈreɪ ʃənac·cel·er·a·tion

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  1. accelerationnoun

    Antonyms:
    deceleration, retardation

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  1. accelerationnoun

    an increase in rate of change

    "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"

    Antonyms:
    retardation, deceleration, slowing

    Synonyms:
    speedup, quickening

  2. acceleration, quickening, speedupnoun

    the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

    Antonyms:
    deceleration, retardation, slowing

    Synonyms:
    speedup, quickening

  3. accelerationnoun

    (physics) a rate of increase of velocity

    Antonyms:
    deceleration, retardation, slowing

    Synonyms:
    speedup, quickening

How to use acceleration in a sentence?

  1. Marvin Loh:

    We are of the thinking that the strong economic gains make a September hike a likely event, without an acceleration of wage growth, a fourth hike at the end of the year is a more difficult call and futures shows that hesitation, placing just 50 percent odds on that event.

  2. Gennadiy Goldberg:

    There is little in the current report to signal a nefarious acceleration in the deflationary impulse.

  3. Burt Flickinger:

    It's really concerning news that a company as well managed as Macy's is having such a tough time growing sales, it's a broader issue. It's an acceleration of a retail ice age.

  4. Amazon Employees for Climate Justice:

    We applaud Jeff Bezos' philanthropy, but one hand can not give what the other is taking away, will Jeff Bezos ' show us true leadership or will Jeff Bezos ' continue to be complicit in the acceleration of the climate crisis, while supposedly trying to help ?

  5. Kim Mundy:

    Another acceleration in the monthly annualised trimmed CPI will reinforce our view that the Fed is behind the curve, the longer the FOMC waits to tighten monetary policy, the greater the risk the FOMC tightens more to bring inflation back under control.

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