2. (verb)whet, quicken make keen or more acute Synonyms: whet, accelerate, repair, invigorate, speed, recreate, reanimate, revive, speed up, renovate, animate, vivify, quicken, revivify
3. (verb)quicken, invigorate give life or energy to Synonyms: recreate, enliven, invigorate, liven, revive, revivify, renovate, liven up, reinvigorate, accelerate, speed, exalt, reanimate, vivify, animate, repair, whet, inspire, quicken, speed up
4. (verb)quicken show signs of life Synonyms: whet, accelerate, invigorate, speed, recreate, reanimate, revive, speed up, renovate, animate, vivify, repair, revivify
5. (verb)animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify give new life or energy to Synonyms: speed up, furbish up, resuscitate, restitute, compensate, animate, remediate, quicken, fix, amend, enliven, mend, cheer, vivify, animize, accelerate, refurbish, liven up, renovate, bushel, invigorate, speed, inspire, exalt, resurrect, play, hearten, restore, freshen up, rectify, touch on, recompense, recreate, animise, remedy, resort, repair, come to, reanimate, embolden, liven, revive, revivify, whet, doctor, indemnify
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'quicken'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. quicken To quicken, in the sense here considered, is to increase speed, move or cause to move more rapidly, as through more space or with, a greater number of motions in the same time. To accelerate is t Synonyms: quicken, accelerate, drive on, hasten, promote, advance, expedite, hurry, speed, despatch, facilitate, make haste, urge, drive, further, press forward, urge on Antonyms: check, clog, delay, drag, hinder, impede, obstruct, retard
Synonyms for quicken 
