Synonyms 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"

   Synonyms:
   speedup, quickening

   Antonyms:
   retardation, deceleration, slowing

2. acceleration, quickening, speedupnoun

   the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

   Synonyms:
   speedup, quickening

   Antonyms:
   deceleration, retardation, slowing

3. accelerationnoun

   (physics) a rate of increase of velocity

   Synonyms:
   speedup, quickening

   Antonyms:
   deceleration, retardation, slowing

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Physics
   • Rate
   • Speed

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1. accelerationnoun

   Synonyms:
   hastening, increase of velocity

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1. List of paraphrases for "acceleration":

   accelerating, accel, accelerated, accelerate, speeding-up, accelerator, expedite, expediting

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1. Director Christine Lagarde:

   Global growth will likely be weaker this year than last, with only a modest acceleration expected in 2016.

2. Bettina Zahnd:

   Maximum acceleration is available immediately, while it takes a moment for internal combustion engines with even strong horsepower to reach maximum acceleration. That places new demands on drivers.

3. 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 ?

4. Lisa Fischer:

   We're seeing an acceleration on clean energy... what has previously been seen as climate action has become part of the energy security conversation.

5. Director Christine Lagarde:

   The not-so-good news is that emerging economies are likely to see their fifth consecutive year of declining rates of growth, global growth will likely be weaker this year than last, with only a modest acceleration expected in 2016.