Definition for Slow:

• Not quick, deficient in speed, taking a long time to traverse a distance or do a thing, ( s. & steady wins the race; s. & sure, haste is risky; s. march, of troops in funeral procession &c.; s. music), gradual( s. growth, progress), whence slowly adv.; tardy, reluctant, lingering, ( was not s. to defend himself), not hasty or easily moved( is s. to anger); ( of clock &c., usu. pred.) behind correct time( is 20\' s.); dull-witted, stupid, ( is s. of speech, of wit, whence slow-witted a., &c.); deficient in interest or liveliness, dull, tedious, ( entertainment was voted s.); slow coach, person s. in action, dull of wit, or behind the times in opinions &c.; s. -match, s. -burning for igniting explosives; s. -worm, see foll.; hence slowness n. ( Adv., compar. -er, sup. -est) at s. pace, slowly, ( being ousted by slowly, but still common when the adv. & not the vb gives the essential point, as how s. he climbs!, please read or go s. or slower, watch goes s., cf. I saw a man climb slowly up; placed always after vb exc. in excl. with how or in comb. with part. as s. -going, -moving). ( Vb) reduce one\'s speed, reduce speed of( train, ship, &c.), ( usu. down, up, off). [ old English]

Synonyms for Slow:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • slow.
  •behind, late (adjective)
  • overdue,
  • reduced,
  • backward,
  • conservative,
  • protracted,
  • unpunctual,
  • long-delayed,
  • stiff,
  • draggy,
  • unprogressive,
  • Detained,
  • delayed,
  • lingering,
  • unproductive,
  • low,
  • Hindered,
  • dead,
  • prolonged,
  • time-consuming,
  • long-drawn-out,
  • uneventful,
  • belated.
  •bloodless (adjective)
  • in-sensitive,
  • impassive,
  • more anesthetic,
  • most anesthetic,
  • lifeless,
  • un-kinder,
  • in sensitive,
  • un-kindest,
  • in sensible,
  • un emotional,
  • un kind,
  • un-emotional,
  • un-kind,
  • in-sensible,
  • un kindest,
  • un kinder.
  •calm (adjective)
  • Waveless,
  • pacific,
  • at peace,
  • low key,
  • Stormless,
  • reposeful,
  • soothing,
  • at a standstill,
  • windless,
  • in order.
  •dilatory (adjective)
  • unhasty,
  • lax,
  • Moratory,
  • neglectful,
  • Snail-like,
  • time-wasting,
  • snaillike.
  •dim (adjective)
  • slow on uptake.
  •dim-witted (adjective)
  • dim witted.
  •disinclined (adjective)
  • more shying,
  • anti-pathetic,
  • un-eager,
  • more uneager,
  • un eager,
  • un-sympathetic,
  • more sticking,
  • not mood,
  • most sticking,
  • most balking,
  • most objecting,
  • more objecting,
  • most uneager,
  • most shying,
  • pro-testing,
  • not in mood,
  • dis inclined,
  • more protesting,
  • most protesting,
  • un sympathetic,
  • pro testing,
  • more balking,
  • in disposed,
  • in-disposed,
  • dis-inclined,
  • anti pathetic,
  • not the mood.
  •dopey (adjective)
  • more slumberish,
  • most slumberish.
  •dull (adjective)
  • drowsy,
  • boorish,
  • Impassible,
  • ponderous,
  • yawner,
  • shallower,
  • unintellectual,
  • Numskulled,
  • loutish,
  • soporific,
  • obtuse,
  • shallow,
  • witless,
  • besotted,
  • comatose,
  • benumbed,
  • inert,
  • not bright,
  • without incident,
  • lumpy,
  • blunt,
  • cloddish,
  • bovine,
  • apathetic,
  • doltish,
  • stupefied.
  •easy (adjective)
  • most cursive,
  • un-exacting,
  • most unexacting,
  • most undemanding,
  • un exacting,
  • well to do,
  • more unexacting,
  • most unworried,
  • un demanding,
  • un-troubled,
  • un-demanding,
  • peaceful,
  • un worried,
  • more cursive,
  • more unworried,
  • un troubled,
  • effortless,
  • more undemanding,
  • un-worried.
  •feeble-minded (adjective)
  • feeble minded.
  •feebleminded (adjective)
  • dullwitted,
  • halfwitted,
  • soft in the head,
  • Dull-witted,
  • half witted,
  • soft head,
  • dull witted,
  • most dull witted,
  • most dull-witted,
  • soft in head,
  • most dullwitted,
  • more dull-witted,
  • more dullwitted,
  • more dull witted,
  • soft the head.
  •gentle (adjective)
  • lowtoned,
  • low toned,
  • fainter,
  • more muted,
  • lowpitched,
  • more low toned,
  • most low-toned,
  • most low toned,
  • low pitched,
  • more lowtoned,
  • more low-toned,
  • most muted,
  • most lowtoned.
  •gradual (adjective)
  • gradational,
  • step-by-step,
  • bit-by-bit,
  • gradual.
  •half-baked (adjective)
  • illconceived,
  • un formed,
  • more illconceived,
  • in discreet,
  • more boneheaded,
  • un-formed,
  • half baked,
  • Sophomoric,
  • halfbaked,
  • most illconceived,
  • under-developed,
  • more ill conceived,
  • in-discreet,
  • most ill-conceived,
  • more ill-conceived,
  • most ill conceived,
  • most boneheaded,
  • under developed,
  • ill conceived,
  • short sighted.
  •halting (adjective)
  • more stuttering,
  • most claudicant,
  • in decisive,
  • most faltering,
  • most stuttering,
  • more faltering,
  • most stumbling,
  • more stammering,
  • un handy,
  • un-handier,
  • un handier,
  • un-handiest,
  • more claudicant,
  • in-decisive,
  • un handiest,
  • more limping,
  • most limping,
  • stumbling,
  • unhandiest,
  • more stumbling,
  • unhandier,
  • un-handy,
  • most stammering.
  •hesitant (adjective)
  • more dawdling,
  • un predictable,
  • doubting,
  • un sure,
  • un-predictable,
  • un-sure,
  • half hearted,
  • Half-hearted,
  • most dawdling.
  •imbecile (adjective)
  • de ranged,
  • de-ranged.
  •inactive (adjective)
  • out of action,
  • mothballed,
  • somnolent,
  • out of service,
  • on hold,
  • jobless,
  • do nothing,
  • in holding pattern.
  •inapt (adjective)
  • ill suited,
  • in-apposite,
  • most ill adapted,
  • ill adapted,
  • most illadapted,
  • more undexterous,
  • in apposite,
  • more ill adapted,
  • un suitable,
  • most unproficient,
  • in-apter,
  • un-fit,
  • un facile,
  • un-skilled,
  • more illfitted,
  • un suited,
  • in-expert,
  • more ill fitted,
  • more illadapted,
  • unmeeter,
  • un-timelier,
  • in-appropriate,
  • in experienced,
  • un-meeter,
  • most ill-fitted,
  • more ill-adapted,
  • un meet,
  • un-dexterous,
  • in appropriate,
  • un-proficient,
  • un dexterous,
  • un skilled,
  • un-ablest,
  • un-meet,
  • ill fitted,
  • un-suitable,
  • un ablest,
  • in aptest,
  • in apter,
  • Unmeet,
  • in-sipid,
  • most ill fitted,
  • most unfacile,
  • more ill-fitted,
  • in felicitous,
  • in-aptest,
  • in congruous,
  • more unproficient,
  • illsuited,
  • un meetest,
  • in-experienced,
  • un proficient,
  • un abler,
  • more unfacile,
  • un-suited,
  • most ill-adapted,
  • in-adept,
  • un-abler,
  • more inapposite,
  • illadapted,
  • un-facile,
  • un-timeliest,
  • in adept,
  • illfitted,
  • in expert,
  • in sipid,
  • un timelier,
  • most inapposite,
  • un timely,
  • most inadept,
  • more inadept,
  • un timeliest,
  • un meeter,
  • in-congruous,
  • most illfitted,
  • un-timely,
  • un-meetest,
  • most undexterous,
  • in-felicitous,
  • unmeetest.
  •indolent (adjective)
  • droniest,
  • re sting,
  • re-sting,
  • dronier,
  • indolent,
  • slow going.
  •languid (adjective)
  • more energyless,
  • uninterested,
  • wimpier,
  • more pining,
  • un-enthusiastic,
  • wimpiest,
  • more nebbish,
  • un concerned,
  • most sleepyhead,
  • more sleepyhead,
  • most energyless,
  • in-firmest,
  • snoozier,
  • most pining,
  • un-concerned,
  • snooziest,
  • blahser,
  • laidback,
  • most nebbish,
  • un-interested,
  • un interested,
  • in-firmer,
  • in firmer,
  • in firmest,
  • blahsest,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • un enthusiastic.
  •late (adjective)
  • eleventh-hour,
  • held up,
  • tardy,
  • missed the boat,
  • in a bind,
  • out of luck,
  • latest,
  • last-minute,
  • too late,
  • in the lurch.
  •lazy (adjective)
  • more unenergetic,
  • unpersevering,
  • slow moving,
  • most unpersevering,
  • most procrastinating,
  • more slowmoving,
  • most slow-moving,
  • most unindustrious,
  • un persevering,
  • un industrious,
  • un energetic,
  • more procrastinating,
  • most slowmoving,
  • un-industrious,
  • asleep job,
  • most unenergetic,
  • slowmoving,
  • out it,
  • most unready,
  • more slow-moving,
  • un-ready,
  • un-persevering,
  • in-attentive,
  • un-energetic,
  • more unpersevering,
  • un ready,
  • more unindustrious,
  • more slow moving,
  • unindustrious,
  • in attentive,
  • more unready,
  • asleep the job,
  • most slow moving.
  •leisurely (adjective)
  • unhurried.
  •lethargic (adjective)
  • lackadaisical,
  • having spring fever,
  • leaden,
  • drugged,
  • stretchy,
  • torpid,
  • lumpish,
  • phlegmatic,
  • insensible,
  • tired,
  • drooping.
  •lifeless (adjective)
  • more pabulum,
  • most lusterless,
  • prosiest,
  • most nothing,
  • most pabulum,
  • most zero,
  • more nothing,
  • more lusterless,
  • more zero.
  •limited (adjective)
  • retarded.
  •listless (adjective)
  • in-animate,
  • most mopish,
  • insouciant,
  • in animate,
  • more mopish.
  •long (adjective)
  • diffusive,
  • without end,
  • forever and a day,
  • Overlong,
  • longwinded,
  • over-long,
  • for ages.
  •long-drawn-out (adjective)
  • long drawn out.
  •nodding (adjective)
  • more slumbery,
  • nodding,
  • most slumbery.
  •oafish (adjective)
  • lubberly,
  • gawkish,
  • all thumbs,
  • butterfingered,
  • oafish,
  • blunderous.
  •reluctant (adjective)
  • in-voluntary,
  • dis heartened,
  • more demurring,
  • most grudging,
  • most demurring,
  • more grudging,
  • dis-heartened,
  • most disheartened,
  • in voluntary,
  • more disheartened.
  •remiss (adjective)
  • dis-regardful,
  • de-relict,
  • un-mindful,
  • most daydreaming,
  • more defaultant,
  • dis regardful,
  • most woolgathering,
  • asleep switch,
  • most defaultant,
  • de relict,
  • more woolgathering,
  • more daydreaming.
  •retarded (adjective)
  • more yo yo,
  • more dumdum,
  • most yoyo,
  • most underachieving,
  • most dumbbell,
  • more subnormal,
  • most lamebrained,
  • most subnormal,
  • under achieving,
  • sub-normal,
  • sub normal,
  • more numbskull,
  • most numbskull,
  • more underachieving,
  • more dumbbell,
  • most retardo,
  • re tardo,
  • most yo-yo,
  • most yo yo,
  • more retardo,
  • most gorked,
  • most dumdum,
  • more lamebrained,
  • yo yo,
  • more yoyo,
  • under-achieving,
  • more yo-yo,
  • more pinhead,
  • most pinhead,
  • more gorked,
  • re-tardo,
  • more dumbo,
  • most dumbo.
  •simple (adjective)
  • uneducated,
  • Soft-headed,
  • nitwitted,
  • softheaded.
  •simple-minded (adjective)
  • simple minded,
  • un-developed,
  • under privileged,
  • most checked,
  • more checked,
  • under-privileged.
  •simpleminded (adjective)
  • un complicated,
  • un-studied,
  • more untutored,
  • un worldly,
  • most clueless,
  • more clueless,
  • un-complicated,
  • uncomplicated,
  • un-tutored,
  • un tutored,
  • un-worldliest,
  • un-schooled,
  • most untutored,
  • un-worldly,
  • un studied,
  • un worldlier,
  • un schooled.
  •slack (adjective)
  • easy-going,
  • not taut,
  • not busy,
  • easy going.
  •sleepy (adjective)
  • more slumbersome,
  • more yawning,
  • most slumbersome,
  • doziest,
  • dozier,
  • most yawning.
  •slow (adjective)
  • slowpoke,
  • Delaying,
  • Loitering,
  • plodding,
  • creeping,
  • Trudging.
  •sluggish (adjective)
  • mooneyest,
  • sluggard,
  • more sleepyheaded,
  • mooneyer,
  • more sluggard,
  • most sluggard,
  • most sleepyheaded.
  •somnifacient (adjective)
  • more opiate,
  • most opiate.
  •step-by-step (adjective)
  • step by step.
  •stolid (adjective)
  • more unexcitable,
  • stoic,
  • most bovine,
  • more bovine,
  • most unexcitable,
  • un-excitable,
  • un excitable.
  •stupid (adjective)
  • more thick headed,
  • illadvised,
  • dummier,
  • most thick-headed,
  • more loser,
  • more thick-headed,
  • thick headed,
  • out lunch,
  • dummiest,
  • most thick headed,
  • most loser,
  • un-thinking,
  • un thinking.
  •stuporous (adjective)
  • stuporous.
  •tardy (adjective)
  • most detained,
  • more detained,
  • not done.
  •tedious (adjective)
  • more ho hum,
  • prosier,
  • snoozer,
  • prosy,
  • more drudging,
  • most hohum,
  • more enervating,
  • most enervating,
  • most ho hum,
  • snoozest,
  • most ho-hum,
  • more hohum,
  • most drudging,
  • more ho-hum,
  • un interesting.
  •thick (adjective)
  • numbskulled.
  •thick-witted (adjective)
  • thick witted,
  • thickwitted.
  •unhurried (adjective)
  • un hurried,
  • un-hurried.
  •unhurried, lazy (adjective)
  • lagging,
  • idle,
  • tortoiselike,
  • supine,
  • passive,
  • imperceptible,
  • Procrastinating,
  • disinclined,
  • Postponing,
  • dreamy,
  • quiet,
  • negligent.
  •unintelligent (adjective)
  • moronic,
  • unresponsive,
  • dimwitted,
  • limited,
  • dunce,
  • slow on the uptake.
  •unwilling (adjective)
  • unobliging,
  • against the grain,
  • uninclined,
  • uncheerful,
  • unaccommodating,
  • unwishful.
  •vacillant (adjective)
  • shillyshally.
  •vacillatory (adjective)
  • Vacillatory.
  •weak (adjective)
  • Languishing.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • slowly,
  • tardily.
  •behind (adverb)
  • slowest,
  • be-lated,
  • laggard,
  • be lated,
  • have play catch up,
  • in arrears,
  • over due,
  • over-due.

• n.

  •
  • trivial,
  • uninspired,
  • unexciting,
  • tame.
  •
  • camera,
  • aperture,
  • cartridge,
  • digicam,
  • developer,
  • darkroom,
  • boom,
  • Asa,
  • camcorder,
  • celluloid.
  •
  • ability.
  •
  • halve,
  • top-slice,
  • lower,
  • decrease,
  • trim down,
  • time,
  • minimize,
  • reduce,
  • erode,
  • shrivel,
  • cut back.
  •
  • broiler,
  • barbecue,
  • burner,
  • coffee machine,
  • cooker,
  • colander,
  • beater,
  • Barbie,
  • blender,
  • coffee maker.
  •
  • ease off,
  • grind to a halt.
  •
  • stately,
  • sedate,
  • steady.
  •adagio (noun)
  • adagio.
  •andante (noun)
  • andante.
  •boring (noun)
  • boring.
  •bumper-to-bumper (noun)
  • bumper-to-bumper.
  •crawling (noun)
  • crawling.
  •dawdling (noun)
  • dawdling.
  •deadening (noun)
  • deadening.
  •decelerate (noun)
  • decelerate.
  •dense (noun)
  • dense.
  •dilatory (noun)
  • dilatory.
  •dragging (noun)
  • dragging.
  •drawn-out (noun)
  • drawn-out.
  •dumb (noun)
  • dumb.
  •fall off (noun)
  • fall.
  •larghetto (noun)
  • larghetto.
  •larghissimo (noun)
  • larghissimo.
  •largo (noun)
  • largo.
  •lentissimo (noun)
  • lentissimo.
  •lento (noun)
  • lento.
  •long-play (noun)
  • long-play.
  •long-playing (noun)
  • long-playing.
  •moderato (noun)
  • moderato.
  •poky (noun)
  • poky.
  •slow (noun)
  • uninteresting,
  • tiresome,
  • wearisome.

• v.

  •abate (verb)
  • re cedes,
  • went with flow,
  • sub sided,
  • de-crease,
  • hangs easy,
  • sub side,
  • sub-due,
  • de cline,
  • hanged loose,
  • going with flow,
  • re duce,
  • hung easy,
  • de-creasing,
  • re-ceding,
  • sub sides,
  • re-cedes,
  • cools it,
  • unlaxed,
  • sub due,
  • re-duce,
  • cooling it,
  • de creased,
  • de-cline,
  • letted it hang out,
  • mellows out,
  • re cede,
  • let it hang out,
  • un-lax,
  • sub-siding,
  • laying back,
  • letted it all hang out,
  • sub-dues,
  • re ceded,
  • took easy,
  • re duces,
  • re-ceded,
  • de crease,
  • sub-side,
  • un lax,
  • de-clines,
  • mellowed out,
  • re ceding,
  • sub-sided,
  • hangs loose,
  • mellowing out,
  • letting it all hang out,
  • go with flow,
  • de clines,
  • lets it all hang out,
  • let all hang out,
  • letted go,
  • goes with flow,
  • de-creases,
  • de creasing,
  • letting all hang out,
  • hanged easy,
  • sub dues,
  • letted hang out,
  • sub-sides,
  • re-cede,
  • hanging easy,
  • let hang out,
  • lays back,
  • hung loose,
  • sub siding,
  • take easy,
  • cooled it,
  • de creases,
  • re-duces,
  • lets it hang out,
  • taking easy,
  • letting it hang out,
  • unlaxing,
  • unlaxes,
  • lets hang out,
  • letting hang out,
  • letted all hang out,
  • lets all hang out,
  • took it easy,
  • goes with the flow,
  • went with the flow,
  • de-creased,
  • takes easy.
  •brake (verb)
  • reduces speed,
  • slows down,
  • slowing down,
  • reduced speed,
  • reducing speed.
  •dam (verb)
  • re strained,
  • re-strains,
  • re strains,
  • re straining,
  • re-pressing,
  • stopt up,
  • re pressing,
  • re strict,
  • re-presses,
  • re-strict,
  • re-straining,
  • re press,
  • re-strained,
  • re pressed,
  • re strain,
  • re-strain,
  • holds in,
  • re presses,
  • stopping up.
  •deaden (verb)
  • be numbs,
  • de stroys,
  • de-sensitized,
  • Etherizing,
  • lays out,
  • be-numb,
  • de-adens,
  • Etherized,
  • un nerves,
  • in capacitates,
  • koing,
  • putting sleep,
  • de-sensitizes,
  • de-stroys,
  • ko'ing,
  • de stroyed,
  • un nerving,
  • un nerve,
  • put sleep,
  • de stroying,
  • de-sensitizing,
  • be-numbing,
  • un-nerving,
  • de-vitalized,
  • putting out order,
  • de-stroyed,
  • in-capacitating,
  • un nerved,
  • be numbing,
  • de-stroying,
  • de-vitalizing,
  • de adens,
  • puts out order,
  • puts out of order,
  • etherizes,
  • de vitalize,
  • un-nerves,
  • de sensitize,
  • putting out of order,
  • de-stroy,
  • KOD,
  • de vitalized,
  • de aden,
  • in-capacitate,
  • de-sensitize,
  • puts sleep,
  • un-nerve,
  • de stroy,
  • de-vitalize,
  • put out order,
  • de sensitized,
  • de sensitizes,
  • de vitalizing,
  • in-capacitates,
  • in-capacitated,
  • in capacitated,
  • in capacitating,
  • de vitalizes,
  • de sensitizing,
  • in capacitate,
  • be numb,
  • de-aden,
  • ko'd,
  • de-vitalizes,
  • be-numbs.
  •defer (verb)
  • hung fire,
  • pro rogued,
  • ex tends,
  • pro longs,
  • de tain,
  • pro-longs,
  • pro-rogues,
  • puts on back burner,
  • gives rain check,
  • hanged fire,
  • de tains,
  • gave rain check,
  • pro-roguing,
  • de-tains,
  • post-pone,
  • pro longing,
  • ex-tended,
  • intermits,
  • lays over,
  • puts on hold,
  • pro rogues,
  • laying over,
  • putting ice,
  • post pones,
  • ex-tends,
  • ex-tend,
  • ex tended,
  • de lay,
  • puts back burner,
  • ex tend,
  • post-pones,
  • ex-tending,
  • putting on back burner,
  • pro-rogued,
  • pro long,
  • put hold,
  • puts on ice,
  • pro-tracts,
  • putting back burner,
  • pro-rogue,
  • de lays,
  • de-lay,
  • putting on ice,
  • sets aside,
  • pro tract,
  • pro-long,
  • ex tending,
  • pro-tract,
  • putting hold,
  • pro tracts,
  • pro roguing,
  • de-tain,
  • pro-longing,
  • de-lays,
  • puts hold,
  • giving rain check,
  • puts ice,
  • laid over,
  • put ice,
  • post pone,
  • put back burner,
  • pro rogue.
  •delay, restrict (verb)
  • ease up,
  • regulate,
  • choke,
  • loiter,
  • diminish,
  • retard,
  • curb,
  • lessen,
  • qualify,
  • anchor it,
  • hinder,
  • procrastinate,
  • postpone,
  • embog,
  • bog down,
  • hold back,
  • lose speed,
  • hit the brakes,
  • check,
  • temper,
  • handicap,
  • wind down,
  • rein in,
  • curtail,
  • stunt,
  • retardate,
  • hold up,
  • keep waiting,
  • mire,
  • cut down,
  • Back-water,
  • set back,
  • reef,
  • lose steam,
  • let down flaps.
  •depress (verb)
  • keeping under,
  • co wed,
  • up-set,
  • dis-maying,
  • de presses,
  • beats down,
  • de based,
  • co wing,
  • de-grades,
  • de-pressed,
  • de-solating,
  • dis-courage,
  • de base,
  • de solates,
  • dis may,
  • dis maying,
  • reduces to tears,
  • de pressing,
  • dis-hearten,
  • throws cold water on,
  • dis-heartens,
  • de-based,
  • de solate,
  • de-grading,
  • de-grade,
  • de-solate,
  • dis-heartening,
  • turns one off,
  • reduce tears,
  • de grade,
  • turned one off,
  • dis mayed,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • up setting,
  • dis heartening,
  • dis tress,
  • de-base,
  • de-graded,
  • dis-tress,
  • de graded,
  • reducing tears,
  • dis-may,
  • dis tressed,
  • beating down,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis courages,
  • bums out,
  • de basing,
  • reduced tears,
  • dis hearten,
  • casts down,
  • de-basing,
  • dis-mayed,
  • de solated,
  • turning one off,
  • up-setting,
  • reduced to tears,
  • co-wing,
  • de pressed,
  • reducing to tears,
  • de grades,
  • dis tresses,
  • threw cold water on,
  • up sets,
  • bumming out,
  • dis mays,
  • dis-courages,
  • reduces tears,
  • de press,
  • de solating,
  • up-sets,
  • de-solated,
  • de-presses,
  • dis heartens,
  • dis-tressed,
  • de grading,
  • de-pressing,
  • de-solates,
  • de-press,
  • co-wed,
  • dis courage,
  • dis-mays.
  •impede (verb)
  • flags one,
  • inter-feres,
  • cramping one style,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • dis-comfits,
  • saddling with,
  • dis-concerting,
  • inter feres,
  • cramping one's style,
  • cramped one's style,
  • dis comfit,
  • dis-concerted,
  • cramping style,
  • cramped one style,
  • dis concerts,
  • dis concert,
  • inter-fere,
  • dis-concerts,
  • inter fere,
  • dis concerting,
  • cramp ones style,
  • dis comfits,
  • blows whistle on,
  • cramped style,
  • saddles with,
  • hanged up,
  • cramped ones style,
  • dis-comfit,
  • hanging up,
  • cramps ones style,
  • cramps style,
  • dis-concert,
  • cramps one style,
  • cramps one's style,
  • dis concerted,
  • cramping ones style,
  • flagging one,
  • cramp one style,
  • closes off,
  • flagged one,
  • blew whistle on.
  •lag (verb)
  • dragged one's feet,
  • getting no place fast,
  • art behind,
  • drags feet,
  • dragged one feet,
  • is behind,
  • drag one feet,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • gat no place fast,
  • losing strength,
  • dragging feet,
  • drags ones feet,
  • drags one's feet,
  • slows up,
  • am behind,
  • dragging one feet,
  • wert behind,
  • was behind,
  • are behind,
  • inched along,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • inches along,
  • got no place fast,
  • drag ones feet,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • loses strength,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • wast behind,
  • drags one feet,
  • dragged feet,
  • inching along,
  • lost strength,
  • gets no place fast,
  • slowing up,
  • were behind.
  •moderate (verb)
  • cools out,
  • eased off,
  • cooling out,
  • dieing down,
  • eases off,
  • cooled out,
  • softpedal,
  • met halfway.
  •relax (verb)
  • re-lax,
  • lost speed,
  • loses speed,
  • un-tighten,
  • re lax,
  • un tighten,
  • un-tightening,
  • un-tightened,
  • losing speed,
  • un tightens,
  • un tightened,
  • un tightening,
  • un-tightens.
  •relent (verb)
  • ease on,
  • gave quarter,
  • says uncle,
  • has mercy,
  • gives quarter,
  • giving some slack,
  • changes one's mind,
  • lightened up,
  • changed mind,
  • change ones mind,
  • easing up on,
  • changing one's mind,
  • let happen,
  • changing mind,
  • being merciful,
  • dying away,
  • comes around,
  • hadst pity,
  • eased on,
  • eases up on,
  • changed one mind,
  • awaying,
  • changed one's mind,
  • caved in,
  • changes ones mind,
  • came around,
  • saying uncle,
  • eases upon,
  • change one mind,
  • giving quarter,
  • dieing away,
  • letting it happen,
  • lightening up,
  • had pity,
  • haddest pity,
  • is merciful,
  • were merciful,
  • gives some slack,
  • art merciful,
  • having pity,
  • haddest mercy,
  • lets happen,
  • dies away,
  • hast pity,
  • having mercy,
  • hadst mercy,
  • went easy on,
  • had mercy,
  • easing upon,
  • hast mercy,
  • changes mind,
  • ease upon,
  • hath mercy,
  • was merciful,
  • changes one mind,
  • letted happen,
  • lightens up,
  • lets it happen,
  • has pity,
  • wast merciful,
  • gave some slack,
  • said uncle,
  • wert merciful,
  • coming around,
  • goes easy on,
  • eased upon,
  • letting happen,
  • letted it happen,
  • died away,
  • easing on,
  • changing ones mind,
  • eases on,
  • eased up on,
  • hath pity,
  • changed ones mind,
  • changing one mind.
  •set back (verb)
  • de-feats,
  • re-versed,
  • embogged,
  • de feats,
  • re-verse,
  • re versing,
  • embogging,
  • embogs,
  • de-feat,
  • re verse,
  • de feat.
  •slacken (verb)
  • slack down or off or up.
  •slow (verb)
  • delay,
  • crawl,
  • drag,
  • trudge,
  • plod,
  • linger,
  • creep,
  • poke,
  • dawdle,
  • hesitating.
  •stall (verb)
  • stood off,
  • stood still,
  • beats around bush,
  • take one time,
  • takes ones time,
  • played for time,
  • takes one's time,
  • stands off,
  • taking ones time,
  • taking time,
  • takes time,
  • took one time,
  • not moves,
  • beats around the bush,
  • taking one time,
  • standing off,
  • take ones time,
  • beating around bush,
  • took time,
  • stands still,
  • took ones time,
  • took one's time,
  • takes one time.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • measured,
  • impassable,
  • bird-brained,
  • benighted,
  • leisured,
  • latency,
  • stunted,
  • slow-footed,
  • subnormal,
  • dumb-ass,
  • idiotic,
  • lumpen,
  • slow-going,
  • slow-witted,
  • stagnant,
  • Snail-paced,
  • asinine,
  • funereal,
  • dormant,
  • slow-paced,
  • vapid,
  • latent,
  • throttle back,
  • stop-go.
  •
  • early,
  • half-witted,
  • arterial,
  • underdeveloped,
  • unimaginative,
  • youthful,
  • detain,
  • brutish,
  • glacial.
  •
  • mad,
  • silly,
  • feeder,
  • one-way,
  • two-way,
  • deliberate,
  • Unapt,
  • Weak-minded.
  •
  • gently.
  •
  • down.
  •
  • off,
  • tight.
  •decrease
  • slacken.
  •depress
  • keep under,
  • perturb,
  • beat down,
  • keeps under,
  • throw cold water on,
  • bum out,
  • reduce to tears,
  • kept under,
  • cast down,
  • casting down,
  • bummed out,
  • up set,
  • turn one off.
  •indolent
  • unenterprising.
  •irksome
  • Irksome.
  •moderate
  • soft pedal,
  • die down,
  • died down,
  • easing off,
  • Downs,
  • dying down,
  • downed,
  • cool out,
  • downing,
  • dies down.
  •relax
  • laxed,
  • laxing,
  • laxes,
  • relaxes.
  •slacken
  • Slackened,
  • slackening,
  • slackens.
  •Other relevant words:
  • moderately,
  • slack up,
  • Unlively,
  • wooden,
  • pedestrian,
  • heavy,
  • after time,
  • slack off,
  • obstruct,
  • back,
  • easily,
  • hebetudinous,
  • pokey,
  • let down.

Paraphrases for Slow:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    sluggish.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Slows.
  • Interjection
    slower.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    slow-moving, slow-motion.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    lengthy, low, gradual, delayed, Slackened, slight, difficult, modest, long, hollow, moderated, soft, hesitant, retarded.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Lenses, eases, low.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    low.
  • Verb, past participle
    Been, delayed.
  • Verb, base form
    low, stall, impede, diminish, curb, curtail, hamper, inhibit, stop, lessen, dampen, hinder, halt, mitigate, constrain, soften.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    time-consuming, slowly, slow-growing, low-speed, cumbersome, tardy, laborious, protracted, ponderous.
  • Proper noun, singular
    slowly, slowdown.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    slowly, sluggishness, slow-down, slowdown.
  • Adverb
    slowly.
  • Verb, base form
    decelerate, slacken, restrain, alleviate.

Antonyms for Slow:

• adj.

  • all
    fast.
  • behind, late
    interesting, wild, bright, exciting, violent.
  • unhurried, lazy
    enthusiastic, rapid, on cue, intricate, on time, busy, ready, complex, active, cognizant, hurried, lively, smart, intelligent, complicated, waiting, quick, energetic.
  • unintelligent
    sharp.
  • Other antonyms:
    learned, poignant, engrossing, perspicacious, tantalizing, allegretto, sound, captivating, vibrant, thrilling, scooting, teeming, thriving, resourceful, agile, foxy, Barreling, highbrow, sensational, amusing, informed, provocative, desirous, fascinating, alert, nimble, astonishing, Careering, sane, disposed, sprightly, beguiling, skilled, enchanting, hair-raising, invigorating, erudite, alluring, absorbing, rushing, mesmerizing, schooled, gripping, knowing, arresting, alive, scudding, sensible, surprising, whirling, stirring, favorable, exhilarating, crafty, fabulous, logical, spellbinding, percipient, trained, speeding, stimulating, astounding, quickened, inclined, spry, humming, red hot, attractive, breathtaking, suspenseful, engaging, eye-opening, andantino, scholarly, intriguing, well-read, riveting, Rocketing, shrewd, amazing, galvanizing, knowledgeable, educated, awesome, abounding, spectacular, diverting, literate, bewitching, running, entertaining, astir, zipping, straightaway, wonderful, acute, animating, flourishing, rip-roaring, marvelous, wily, energizing, buzzing, enlivening, judicious, allegro, electrifying, eager, moving, inspiring, overflowing, valid, sapient, willing, rousing, entrancing, touching, swarming, racing, charming, cunning, enthralling, wondrous.

• adv.

  • all
    quickly.

• v.

  • delay, restrict
    excite, advance, strengthen, expedite, raise, DO, expand, lengthen, grow, extend, facilitate, encourage, help, further, push, increase, agitate, enlarge, forward, release, prolong, develop, allow, assist, aid, accelerate, liberate.

Slow Sentence Examples:

• I'm slow, I am.

• " My own purse; Lovedy's own purse," said Cecile, in rather a slow, glad voice.

Homophones for Slow:

• sell, sallow, squiggly, silo, sick call, scheol, sickle, sea holly, sky glow, sizzle, seel, salah, sego lily, scilla, skysail, sea eagle, scaly, scull, sicily, seashell, sicilia, shackle, shallow, swallow, squill, showily, segal, shawl, saale, school, seckel, sex cell, secale, sialia, sole, seal, shoaly, sula, scheele, shale, sagaciously, Sei Whale, seagull, sequela, skilly, sial, shell, sol, sly, soul, saccule, solely, shockley, salai, swallow hole, silly, shoal, sewellel, shekel, shiloh, slue, shill, swahili, shyly, sloe, solea, scylla, seseli, skull, scowl, sexual, squall, shigella, squiggle, salol, shale oil, swill, squally, scale, slaw, sail, sulla, swizzle, slowly, sickly, sage willow, saucily, saxicola, Sea Cole, shelley, sea swallow, sequel, sea coal, sessile, slyly, SL, seal oil, szell, sale, sea lily, suckle, social, seoul, socle, soil, Sea Squill, sea kale, sagely, salaah, sill, seawall, sally, shawwal, shallu, saul, shillalah, Swale, squeal, sequella, skill, swell, sully, scaley, slew, sisal, solo, sea gull, slay, salal, squilla, sle.