acceleration

NOUN /æk,sɛlə'reɪʃən/
12 LETTERS · 5 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A

acceleration is a valid 12-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1C3C3E1L1E1R1A1T1I1O1N1
1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING

What does acceleration mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

The act of accelerating; increasing the speed.

SYNONYMS
QUICKENINGSPEEDUP
ANTONYMS
DECELERATION
BROADER
SPEEDINGSPEEDHURRYING
RELATED
ACCELERATE
2

An increase in rate of change.

“modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change”

ANTONYMS
DECELERATION
BROADER
MODIFICATIONCHANGEALTERATION
NARROWER
PRECIPITATIONPICKUPGETAWAY
RELATED
ACCELERATE
3

(physics) a rate of increase of velocity.

ANTONYMS
DECELERATION
BROADER
RATE
NARROWER
CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATIONANGULAR ACCELERATION