1. Move faster or act quickly or quicker
   "We have to hasten!";
   - rush, hurry, look sharp [informal], festinate [archaic], hurry up, make haste, get a move on [informal]
    
2. Move or travel very quickly
   "He hastened down the hall to receive his guests";
   - rush, hotfoot, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]
    
3. Speed up the progress of; facilitate
   "This should hasten the process";
   - expedite
    
4. Cause to occur rapidly
   "Let's hasten the preparations for the event";
   - induce, stimulate, rush, accelerate, speed up

Derived forms: hastened, hastening, hastens

Type of: act, aid, assist, effect, effectuate, go, help, locomote, move, set up, travel

Encyclopedia: Hasten