accelerated

verb

  1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

  2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

    "to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc."

  3. To cause a change of velocity.

  4. To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

    "to accelerate our departure"

  5. To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.

  6. To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.

  7. Grow; increase.

Synonyms: hasten, quicken, speed up, advance, forward, expedite, further
Antonyms: decelerate, retard, unaccelerate

adjective

  1. Moving or progressing faster than is usual.

  2. Happening sooner than expected.