What is another word for decelerate?
1060 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪsˈɛləɹˌe͡ɪt], [ dɪsˈɛləɹˌeɪt], [ d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_l_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]
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Synonyms for Decelerate:
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)- foot,
- gun,
- speed,
- accelerant,
- catch,
- quicken,
- retardation,
- accelerate,
- motor,
- slow up,
- acceleration,
- throttle,
- downshift,
- Sped,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- speed (sth) up,
- spurt,
- catch (sb) up,
- gather,
- inhibition.
v.
• bog down (verb)- de laying,
- de-laying,
- de lays,
- hanged up,
- slows down,
- de lay,
- slowing up,
- hanging up,
- slows up,
- de-lays,
- hangs up,
- slowing down,
- de-lay.
- in tern,
- re serve,
- de tain,
- de-tains,
- re-straining,
- in-tern,
- re-serve,
- with hold,
- re-strain,
- re straining,
- with held,
- sending up,
- re-served,
- in terns,
- re-serves,
- in-terns,
- re-serving,
- re strained,
- with-holds,
- with holding,
- with holds,
- re serving,
- with-hold,
- with-held,
- re-strained,
- de tains,
- re-strains,
- re strains,
- re strain,
- de-tain,
- re served.
- brings screeching halt,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- brought screeching halt,
- bringing screeching halt,
- de-creasing,
- closes off,
- chokes off,
- brought to screeching halt,
- de crease,
- de creases,
- de-creases,
- re-duces,
- de creased,
- post pones,
- retardating,
- re-duce,
- brings to screeching halt,
- de-creased,
- bring screeching halt,
- retardated,
- re duce,
- de creasing,
- de-crease,
- re duces,
- post pone,
- post-pones.
- de-feats,
- re verse,
- embogs,
- re-versed,
- re-verse,
- de feats,
- de feat,
- embogged,
- embogging,
- re versing,
- de-feat.
- back watering,
- wound down,
- back-waters,
- hitting the brakes,
- hits brakes,
- loses steam,
- kept waiting,
- back water,
- hit brakes,
- letting down flaps,
- backwatering,
- eased off,
- hitting brakes,
- back-watered,
- letted down flaps,
- anchored it,
- winded down,
- back watered,
- re lax,
- back waters,
- keeps waiting,
- losing steam,
- loses speed,
- lets down flaps,
- re-lax,
- winds down,
- anchors it,
- lost speed,
- back-watering,
- eases off,
- anchoring it,
- losing speed,
- hits the brakes,
- reining in,
- backwatered,
- keeping waiting,
- eases up,
- lost steam,
- easing up.
Other synonyms:
• bog down • Other relevant words:- changeling,
- checker,
- in arrears,
- contribute,
- get stuck,
- devote,
- cumulate,
- preserve,
- impose,
- quash,
- buttonholes,
- handicap,
- free fall,
- baulk,
- pluck,
- stop number,
- buttonholing,
- back off,
- centrist,
- enamour,
- pasture brake,
- drag,
- chill out,
- kick in,
- collect,
- clutches,
- check over,
- loosen,
- reach,
- tell,
- express,
- forgather,
- fascinate,
- handgrip,
- embarrass,
- defer,
- twilight,
- charm,
- tighten up,
- fine,
- commit,
- gunman,
- hand,
- crack,
- assuredness,
- transfer,
- bank check,
- Bogged,
- rip out,
- stockpile,
- get out,
- cut short,
- mud,
- exchange,
- artillery,
- ass,
- repulse,
- strangulate,
- determine,
- bewitch,
- blunt,
- accelerator pedal,
- metrical unit,
- okay,
- stick to,
- let off,
- clip,
- rear end,
- diminution,
- buttonhole,
- animal foot,
- confirmation,
- centrifugal,
- ho-hum,
- detain,
- hold on,
- triggerman,
- postponement,
- fastness,
- unstrain,
- crepuscle,
- disregard,
- pelt along,
- cop,
- chip,
- accrue,
- hamper,
- harmonize,
- conquer,
- crepuscule,
- look into,
- crush,
- backwardness,
- find out,
- drop,
- take for,
- view,
- living,
- master,
- open,
- passenger vehicle,
- overhear,
- keister,
- knock back,
- enchant,
- muck,
- declension,
- tab,
- forbear,
- whet,
- cold shoulder,
- assemble,
- quell,
- apprehension,
- sustain,
- entrance,
- apprehend,
- damp,
- slack off,
- mire,
- jibe,
- controller,
- confine,
- gun for hire,
- accelerator,
- dominance,
- throw,
- persuade,
- tardily,
- sentry go,
- repair,
- slowing,
- falsify,
- light,
- pinch,
- omnibus,
- bottom,
- speed up,
- ignore,
- hind end,
- take down,
- dumb,
- regularise,
- cretin,
- gathering,
- cargo hold,
- hit man,
- come down,
- downslope,
- cool it,
- witwatersrand,
- upper,
- ease,
- leave,
- wind off,
- conglomerate,
- fanny,
- chair,
- dull,
- prevent,
- hitch,
- revivify,
- deem,
- stick around,
- zip,
- disappoint,
- fit,
- deduct,
- hold open,
- convert,
- chequer,
- kerb,
- remain,
- livelihood,
- wait,
- charabanc,
- keep on,
- generate,
- rush,
- assure,
- castrate,
- shift,
- mastery,
- tighten,
- grease gun,
- unstuff,
- velocity,
- train,
- repel,
- retardant,
- infantry,
- brake,
- stymie,
- suppression,
- garner,
- draw out,
- deterrent,
- nix,
- gift,
- season,
- keep down,
- dense,
- return,
- mute,
- restrained,
- disallow,
- simmer down,
- bottle up,
- prorogue,
- slowness,
- split up,
- rip,
- sang-froid,
- stop,
- give way,
- moisten,
- wrench,
- dungeon,
- hindrance,
- adhere,
- slack water,
- still,
- alleviate,
- depressurize,
- withstand,
- hold water,
- put back,
- live on,
- foregather,
- bus topology,
- post,
- admit,
- book,
- sends up,
- unlax,
- recoup,
- foul,
- entertain,
- celebrate,
- chip in,
- impediment,
- understructure,
- hold out,
- back,
- hold in,
- pick up,
- revive,
- step-down,
- depressurise,
- renovate,
- calm,
- animate,
- check-out procedure,
- buttonholed,
- observe,
- go around,
- belt along,
- squirt,
- feed,
- minify,
- appreciation,
- save,
- command,
- remedy,
- heap,
- reduce,
- establish,
- surrender,
- storage area,
- mollify,
- cargo area,
- calm down,
- flow,
- cheque,
- go,
- safety,
- bear,
- bucket along,
- forbid,
- leg it,
- go over,
- choke down,
- Bogging,
- tone down,
- bum,
- perpetrate,
- trance,
- alteration,
- ringway,
- expect,
- spirt,
- occlude,
- behindhand,
- morass,
- gibe,
- double-decker,
- grant,
- founder,
- rule,
- obtain,
- clog,
- maintain,
- bring to screeching halt,
- choke,
- falloff,
- check up on,
- modification,
- verification,
- appease,
- ascendence,
- come,
- interpolate,
- pulling,
- counterbalance,
- gloaming,
- cumber,
- tedious,
- pass on,
- ride out,
- live,
- put over,
- go along,
- mince,
- swiftness,
- drive,
- ascertain,
- prat,
- strike,
- moderationist,
- react,
- pull out,
- run,
- deceleration,
- condition,
- heavy weapon,
- gunslinger,
- haul,
- rest,
- interchange,
- exempt,
- choke off,
- nates,
- lower,
- salve,
- curb bit,
- tooshie,
- grab,
- uncompress,
- regularize,
- busbar,
- nightfall,
- falling off,
- last out,
- withholds,
- slowdown,
- take hold,
- conceal,
- sacrifice,
- autobus,
- stiffen,
- easy,
- take in,
- draw,
- choke back,
- harbour,
- present,
- quickening,
- moron,
- safety device,
- precaution,
- mark off,
- arse,
- grip,
- closed off,
- impart,
- extract,
- fundament,
- fall down,
- tumble,
- dip,
- wash,
- harness,
- tear out,
- defy,
- choked off,
- speeding,
- downfall,
- sentry duty,
- descent,
- recreate,
- acrobatics,
- dissever,
- postpone,
- continue,
- captivate,
- mental retardation,
- assuage,
- blockade,
- manipulate,
- pull in,
- deadening,
- drop-off,
- dedicate,
- ascendance,
- keep open,
- acquit,
- take out,
- endure,
- go down,
- salvage,
- shunt,
- peat bog,
- pes,
- autumn,
- accumulate,
- lead,
- interning,
- draw rein,
- check into,
- attract,
- clog up,
- say,
- shooter,
- ft,
- tick off,
- cut,
- keep in line,
- closing off,
- fight back,
- guard duty,
- free,
- tush,
- encumber,
- variety,
- declination,
- electrical shunt,
- nab,
- metrical foot,
- jet,
- gestate,
- prohibition,
- hang,
- cut back,
- view as,
- limber up,
- render,
- meet,
- race,
- unbosom,
- draw in,
- convey,
- can,
- control condition,
- displume,
- muffle,
- donjon,
- see,
- buns,
- ensure,
- motorbus,
- stoppage,
- beltway,
- pass,
- spill,
- tuck,
- soften,
- handle,
- take,
- oppress,
- mark,
- ascendency,
- hunky-dory,
- twist,
- interdict,
- devolve,
- insure,
- poise,
- pay,
- take hold of,
- springiness,
- verify,
- pack,
- nerveless,
- seat,
- foundation,
- rump,
- trip up,
- chill,
- concord,
- pucker,
- pin,
- middle of the roader,
- overtake,
- proceed,
- hoof,
- declare,
- isolation,
- relaxation,
- clout,
- lessening,
- subnormality,
- speedup,
- accord,
- qualify,
- survive,
- tame,
- slow,
- deepen,
- torpedo,
- downed,
- channel,
- stay put,
- obligate,
- all right,
- root for,
- cool down,
- stern,
- limit,
- taking into custody,
- rend,
- dim,
- regulate,
- withhold,
- unroll,
- sway,
- grasp,
- foot up,
- rush along,
- jalopy,
- sustenance,
- lax,
- correspond,
- transmit,
- have got,
- subdue,
- vary,
- temper,
- interned,
- slump,
- clench,
- see to it,
- stick up,
- distress,
- send up,
- downing,
- enforce,
- amass,
- checkout,
- belittle,
- travel rapidly,
- settle,
- remit,
- move over,
- strangle,
- weaken,
- commute,
- derriere,
- stick,
- imbecile,
- separate,
- quagmire,
- iced,
- slack up,
- restraint,
- check out,
- split,
- turn back,
- trammel,
- comprise,
- consecrate,
- turn over,
- gas,
- check mark,
- operate,
- capture,
- neuter,
- conduct,
- decrement,
- aerobatics,
- detention,
- substructure,
- bond,
- chit,
- hie,
- lobby,
- comport,
- match,
- order,
- shelve,
- incorporate,
- pile up,
- gain,
- fall in,
- get together,
- fight down,
- let up,
- deplumate,
- table,
- subside,
- settle down,
- human foot,
- adjudge,
- jitney,
- step on it,
- apply,
- gas pedal,
- holdup,
- oblige,
- curbing,
- throttle valve,
- precipitate,
- break,
- ascendancy,
- ordnance,
- decline,
- base,
- buttocks,
- warm up,
- hold over,
- assay,
- hindquarters,
- proscribe,
- hired gun,
- divide,
- cannonball along,
- girdle,
- cargo deck,
- bring down,
- persist,
- bind,
- loose,
- stymy,
- concur,
- forge,
- spring,
- shut off,
- stay on,
- defend,
- hold off,
- watch,
- learn,
- bide,
- back down,
- halt,
- button hole,
- stay fresh,
- groundwork,
- spay,
- snap,
- congest,
- close up,
- stifle,
- hinders,
- half-wit,
- veto,
- switch,
- abide,
- outride,
- die away,
- go on,
- ok,
- reduction,
- evenfall,
- time lag,
- descend,
- make relaxed,
- retard,
- lighten,
- reanimate,
- stamp down,
- loosening,
- disentangle,
- temperate,
- ward,
- harmonise,
- slacken off,
- make,
- palliate,
- afford,
- boring,
- focal ratio,
- declivity,
- sent up,
- tail end,
- ring road,
- deplume,
- reduce speed,
- take over,
- nurse,
- pep pill,
- have a bun in the oven,
- bracken,
- get,
- support,
- sluggish,
- close off,
- catch up with,
- harbor,
- subjugate,
- rear,
- rand,
- hurrying,
- box up,
- yield,
- obtuse,
- discipline,
- slowly,
- pick,
- safeguard,
- go for,
- transport,
- jam,
- grind to a halt,
- aplomb,
- substantiation,
- choking off,
- consort,
- vivify,
- play off,
- dusk,
- slop,
- muck up,
- get around,
- nail,
- snatch,
- coach,
- hotfoot,
- bound,
- hitman,
- fit in,
- custody,
- last,
- have,
- gush,
- hind,
- butt,
- coolheaded,
- pit,
- bog down,
- backside,
- idiot,
- invertebrate foot,
- pull up,
- wearisome,
- Downs,
- tally,
- get down,
- accommodate,
- clutch,
- chink,
- stand up,
- balk,
- dribble,
- controvert,
- pull together,
- check off,
- tear,
- smother,
- bread and butter,
- clasp,
- cave in,
- motorcoach,
- amex,
- tail,
- hoof it,
- retardates,
- block,
- flag,
- gimmick,
- slake,
- forbiddance,
- contradict,
- excuse,
- allay,
- tick,
- short-circuit,
- retardate,
- enamor,
- block off,
- behave,
- becharm,
- entangle,
- straighten,
- motive,
- reserve,
- retain,
- spout,
- rebuff,
- hasten,
- puff,
- extend,
- obturate,
- slackness,
- deport,
- overstretch,
- prevail,
- f number,
- rive,
- invigorate,
- capitulation,
- stunt flying,
- stock,
- beguile,
- collapse,
- lag,
- collar,
- shine,
- posterior,
- hurry,
- amphetamine,
- put off,
- fight,
- tiresome,
- retardent.
- Reefed,
- easing off,
- lose steam,
- wind down,
- backwaters,
- reins in,
- keep waiting,
- reined in,
- winding down,
- eased up,
- lose speed,
- rein in,
- Reefing,
- let down flaps,
- Back-water,
- hit the brakes,
- stunting.
- check,
- stunt,
- hold back,
- keep,
- decelerates,
- unwind,
- inhibit,
- dampen,
- decompress,
- curb,
- let down,
- constrain,
- be delayed,
- straiten,
- control,
- guard,
- impede,
- ease off,
- moderating,
- prohibit,
- cool,
- arrest,
- bridle,
- backpedal,
- snub,
- pull,
- keep back,
- contain,
- curtail,
- backwater,
- obstruct,
- lose ground,
- hinder,
- ease up,
- agree,
- hold up,
- deaden,
- hold fast,
- loosen up,
- relax,
- suppress,
- restrict,
- oppose,
- behind,
- stay,
- repress,
- fishtail,
- restrain,
- relieve,
- moderated,
- bog,
- enjoin,
- hold,
- give,
- keep from,
- unbend,
- reef,
- retrench,
- set back,
- delay,
- moderate,
- rein,
- govern,
- cool off,
- abate.
How to use "Decelerate" in context?
Decelerate is an action word, meaning to slow down. When used proactively, deceleration can lead to a safe exit from an unsafe situation. When used reactively, deceleration may be the only action available to avoid a collision. Whether used as a noun or verb, slowing down can be a simple yet effective way to improve safety and reduce emissions.
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