Meaning & use
Quickens
Last updated
Becomes or makes faster, more active, or more alive.
See it in a sentence
Her pulse quickens whenever she stands up to speak in public.
The pace of the story quickens dramatically in the final chapters.
A note on using this word
"Quicken" preserves an older sense of "quick" meaning "alive" (as in "the quick and the dead"), so it originally meant to bring to life.
Words with a similar meaning
accelerateshastens
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
slows
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “Quickens”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.