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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How to use acceleration in a sentence?

1. Sung Won Sohn:

   Slower, but moderate economic growth is continuing and we might see some slight acceleration as we head into second quarter.

2. Nicki Shields:

   The acceleration from 0-100 mph is completely bonkers, i've been in a lot of fast cars before but the EP9 is definitely the fastest.

3. Robert Parkes:

   We believe that market optimism on the mining sector is at a pretty low level on concerns regarding supply-side issues and the sustainability of Chinese growth. And that makes the sector sensitive to any good news coming through, we are overweight on the mining sector and believe that the pessimism is overdone especially in the current environment where the business cycle indicators are starting to point upwards. It's a cyclical sector and is exposed to a re-acceleration in the global economy.

4. Mark Mahaney:

   Europeans will give up cars and coffee before their vacations. We’re talking about an acceleration outlook, which usually works well for stocks, especially those like Priceline that began the year with trough multiples. RBC Capital Markets analyst

5. James Dondero:

   I don't know what (acceleration) gets you. I think you end up trying to grab assets that you can't get and you end up spending money on legal fees.