/ Thesaurus / Q Synonyms of quickening Find synonyms for: Noun1. quickening, organic process, biological processusage: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"2. quickening, degree, level, stage, pointusage: the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus3. acceleration, quickening, speedup, speed, speeding, hurryingusage: the act of accelerating; increasing the speedVerb1. accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken, intensify, deepenusage: move faster; "The car accelerated"2. whet, quicken, stimulate, excite, stirusage: make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"3. quicken, invigorate, stimulate, exciteusage: give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"4. quicken, moveusage: show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"5. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify, stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk upusage: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tenacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language