hastened

• accelerated
• aided
• arrowed
• barreled
• barrelled
• beat it
• beelined
• beetled
• belted
• blasted
• blazed
• blew
• blistering
• bolted
• bombed
• bowled
• breakneck
• breathless
• breathtaking
• breezed
• brisk
• bundled
• bustled
• buzzed
• cannonballed
• careened
• careered
• caught up
• chased
• coursed
• darted
• dashed
• dispatched
• dizzy
• drove
• eased
• encouraged
• energetic
• expedited
• expeditious
• facilitated
• fast
• fast-forwarded
• fast-tracked
• fleet
• fleet-footed
• flew
• flitted
• flying
• galloped
• galloping
• goaded
• got a move on
• hared
• hasty
• hied
• high-speed
• highballed
• hot
• humped
• hurled
• hurried
• hurtled
• hustled
• jetted
• jogged
• jumped
• lightning
• made tracks
• motored
• nipped
• nippy
• outpaced
• outran
• outstripped
• overtook
• pelted
• prodded
• prompt
• propelled
• pushed
• quick
• quickened
• raced
• rammed
• ran
• rapid
• rapid-fire
• rattling
• ready
• ripped
• rocketed
• run
• rush
• rushed
• rustled
• scampered
• scooted
• scudded
• scuffled
• scurried
• scuttled
• shook a leg
• shot
• snappy
• sped
• speeded
• speedy
• splitting
• sprinted
• spurred
• stampeded
• stepped
• stepped on it
• stepped out
• stirred
• streaked
• strenuous
• strong
• swift
• tore
• traveled
• travelled
• trotted
• ultrafast
• ultrarapid
• urged
• vigorous
• whirled
• whirlwind
• whisked
• whizzed
• zipped
• zippy
• zoomed

• ambled
• arrested
• braked
• checked
• crawled
• crawling
• crept
• dallied
• dallying
• dawdled
• dawdling
• decelerated
• delayed
• deliberate
• dilatory
• dillydallied
• dillydallying
• dragged
• dragging
• encumbered
• fettered
• hampered
• held back
• held up
• hindered
• hobbled
• impeded
• laggard
• lagged
• languid
• late
• leisurely
• lingered
• lingering
• loitered
• lumbered
• manacled
• measured
• plodded
• plodding
• poked
• pokey
• poking
• poky
• restrained
• retarded
• sauntered
• shackled
• shuffled
• slow
• slowish
• sluggish
• stalled
• stayed
• stilled
• stopped
• strolled
• tardy
• tarried
• tied up
• trammeled
• trammelled
• ultraslow
• unhurried

• verb
  1. To move or act in a quick fashion.
  2. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
  3. To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

• She hastened to finish her work before the deadline.
• The sudden rainstorm hastened their return to the campsite.
• News of the crisis hastened the company’s decision to act.
• He hastened his steps when he saw the bus arriving.
• Their careless words only hastened the conflict.

eased

facilitated

raced

racing

ultrafast

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