Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quickening
3 senses of quickening
Sense 1
quickening -- (the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain")
=> organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)
Sense 2
quickening -- (the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus)
=> degree, level, stage, point -- (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?")
Sense 3
acceleration, quickening, speedup -- (the act of accelerating; increasing the speed)
=> speed, speeding, hurrying -- (changing location rapidly)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb quicken
5 senses of quicken
Sense 1
accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken -- (move faster; "The car accelerated")
=> intensify, deepen -- (become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan")
Sense 2
whet, quicken -- (make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite")
=> stimulate, excite, stir -- (stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions")
Sense 3
quicken, invigorate -- (give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him")
=> stimulate, excite -- (act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates")
Sense 4
quicken -- (show signs of life; "the fetus quickened")
=> move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")
Sense 5
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify -- (give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health")
=> stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up -- (cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate")
