Accelerated
Accelerated adjective - Speeded up, as of an academic course.
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Synonyms for Accelerated
Slow is an antonym for accelerated.
Slow
Slow adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: slow readers
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Time appears to slow down for everyone around her, while still passing normally for her (at one point, she spends months in this accelerated state, while only a few days pass outside it).
Source: Time Master - In Wax And Wayne, Sliders are mistings who can create a bubble of accelerated time around them, while Pulsers slow down time in their vicinity.
Source: Time Master -
There's also been one case of a woman trapped in slow motion having her hair grow several inches when she's accelerated back to normal speed.
Source: Locked into Strangeness
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