Accelerate and Start

Accelerate

Accelerate verb - To become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number.

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Start and accelerate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a verb "Accelerate".

Start verb - To cause to function.

Usage example: trying to start the car on a frigid morning

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Accelerate and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accelerate" instead a verb "Start".

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

fire	accelerate fire	start fire
people	accelerate people	start people
process	accelerate process	start process
time	accelerate time	start time
Other words: cycle, plan, car, war, times.

Calvin also has only a fractional head-start on him, hardly enough for her to reach a falling speed he couldn't accelerate to.

Source: Film / I, Robot
Those soldiers then start popping certain pills and temporarily accelerate to his frame of reference.

Source: Super Speed
If you start a race behind the exact same opponent, they accelerate into the distance and are never seen again.

Source: The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard

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Start and Accelerate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accelerate/start

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