gun, SI.give the gun, race, Inf. rev up, SI.vroom, give the gas, feed gasoline to, SI. step on the gas, SI.floor it.
4. concentrate, intensify, compress, contract, compact; boil down, reduce, abbreviate, skim, gloss over, pass over.
acceleration, n.1. speeding up, speed-up, increase in speed orvelocity, SI.jazzing up; picking up, SI. opening up, skyrocketing, rising; (all of an engine) gunning, SI.giving the gun, racing, Inf.revving up, SI. vrooming, SI.giving the gas, SI.stepping on the gas.
2. hastening, hurrying, hustling, precipitation, antedating; expedition, speed, promptness, dispatch; stepping up, quickening; urging on, pressing forward, driving; incitement, incitation, prompting, stimulation, energizing; advance, advancement, furtherance, promotion, movement forward, facilitation,
accent, n.1. emphasis, stress, accentuation, syllable stress, primary orsecondary ortertiary stress, weak stress; attack, delivery, force of utterance; cadence, beat, rhythm, rhythm pattern, rhythmical emphasis, Music,
rhythmical accentuation, Music,
arsis or upbeat, Music,
thesis ordownbeat, Pros,
ictus, prominent pulsation.
2. mark, accent mark, stress mark, character, symbol; diacritic, diacritical mark, tilde, circumflex, circumflex mark, cedilla.
3. pitch, timbre, tone, tone of voice, voice; intonation, intonation pattern, inflection, modulation; mood, tenor, significance.
4. pronunciation, articulation, enunciation, vocalization, utterance; speech pattern, manner of speaking, mode of expression.
5. regional accent, foreign accent; drawl, twang, brogue, burr, broad accent orspeech; Brit,
received standard, public school accent.
6. accents, language, speech, speaking, talk, talking, words, discourse; chatter, palaver, prattle, Inf. gab, SI.yakkety-yak.
-v. 7. accentuate, stress, emphasize, lay stress or emphasis upon, give emphasis to, punctuate; underline, underscore, point up, italicize, call attention to; feature, highlight, spotlight, give prominence to; intensify, strengthen, deepen, heighten,
accentuate, v. stress, emphasize, lay stress oremphasis upon, give emphasis to, punctuate; underline, underscore, italicize, point up, call attention to; feature, highlight, spotlight, give prominence to; intensify, strengthen, deepen, heighten,
accept, v. 1. receive, take, gain, acquire, get, secure,
come by.
2. accede to, acquiesce in, assent to, submit to, abide by, comply with, go along with, be in line with; agree to, take [s.o.] up on [s.t.], say “yes” to.
3. undertake, assume, take on, tackle, be willing to bear, become responsible for; begin, commence, enter upon, set about.
4. accommodate oneself to, reconcile oneself to, resign oneself to; suffer, endure, bear, tolerate, brook, take patiently, abide, accept, stand, withstand, submit to, put up with; swallow, digest, stomach, pocket; face the music, take one's medicine, take it.
5. adopt, avow, confirm, believe, acknowledge, Inf.