speedup

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

speedup
    n 1: the act of accelerating; increasing the speed [syn:
         {acceleration}, {quickening}, {speedup}] [ant:
         {deceleration}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "speedup":
      accelerando, acceleration, aggravation, beefing-up, blowing up,
      blowup, concentration, condensation, consolidation, deepening,
      drive, enhancement, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, getaway,
      heating-up, heightening, impetus, information explosion,
      intensification, magnification, pickup, population explosion,
      quickening, redoubling, reinforcement, step-up, strengthening,
      thrust, tightening