Synonyms for Slow down:

• n.

  •
  • grind to a halt.
  •bog down (noun)
  • bog.
  •decompress (noun)
  • decompress.
  •slow down (noun)
  • unbend,
  • loosen up.

• v.

  •bog down (verb)
  • delay,
  • decelerate,
  • hang up,
  • sink,
  • halt,
  • slacken,
  • slow up,
  • set back.
  •brake (verb)
  • moderate,
  • stop,
  • slow,
  • hinder,
  • dam,
  • bar,
  • block.
  •catch one's breath (verb)
  • mellow out,
  • take ten,
  • stop for a breath,
  • breathe,
  • recuperate.
  •check (verb)
  • baffle,
  • stay,
  • constrain,
  • obviate,
  • bottleneck,
  • repulse,
  • prevent,
  • tame,
  • terminate,
  • preclude,
  • cut short,
  • curb,
  • checkmate,
  • foil,
  • snub,
  • squelch,
  • frustrate,
  • harness,
  • bit,
  • limit,
  • thwart,
  • circumvent,
  • counteract,
  • nip in the bud,
  • rebuff,
  • suppress,
  • pause,
  • choke,
  • discourage,
  • interrupt,
  • repress,
  • hold,
  • hold back,
  • inhibit,
  • control,
  • bridle,
  • arrest.
  •cumber (verb)
  • trouble,
  • burden.
  •decrease (verb)
  • degenerate,
  • soften,
  • modify,
  • devaluate,
  • settle,
  • wear down,
  • cut down,
  • waste,
  • slump,
  • dry up,
  • slack off,
  • lighten,
  • shrivel,
  • evaporate,
  • narrow down,
  • quiet,
  • calm down,
  • tail off,
  • quell,
  • lose edge,
  • droop,
  • subside,
  • decay,
  • run low,
  • wither,
  • wear away,
  • diminish,
  • restrain,
  • contract,
  • deteriorate,
  • slash,
  • curtail,
  • fade,
  • fall off,
  • ease,
  • wane,
  • decline,
  • drop,
  • shrink,
  • dwindle,
  • ebb,
  • die down,
  • lower,
  • peter out,
  • drop off,
  • crumble,
  • depreciate,
  • abate.
  •detain (verb)
  • ice,
  • pick up,
  • intern,
  • put away,
  • nab,
  • jail,
  • pinch,
  • confine,
  • run in,
  • pull in,
  • bust,
  • reserve,
  • apprehend.
  •drag (verb)
  • dawdle,
  • hang,
  • straggle,
  • loiter,
  • poke,
  • creep,
  • mark time,
  • traipse,
  • linger,
  • dally,
  • put off,
  • inch,
  • shuffle,
  • lag,
  • crawl,
  • procrastinate,
  • sag,
  • stagnate,
  • shamble,
  • tarry.
  •encumber (verb)
  • oppress,
  • embarrass,
  • overburden,
  • load,
  • incommode,
  • lade,
  • weight,
  • handicap,
  • charge,
  • cramp,
  • saddle,
  • discommode,
  • tax,
  • overload,
  • inconvenience,
  • weigh down,
  • hog-tie,
  • clog.
  •hamper (verb)
  • balk,
  • tie,
  • entangle,
  • tie up,
  • stymie,
  • fetter,
  • shackle,
  • bind,
  • hamstring.
  •hold up (verb)
  • interfere,
  • suspend,
  • waive,
  • hold off,
  • prorogue.
  •impede (verb)
  • disconcert,
  • faze,
  • discomfit,
  • shut off,
  • rattle,
  • stonewall,
  • freeze,
  • disrupt,
  • shut down,
  • deter,
  • cut off,
  • oppose.
  •lessen (verb)
  • cut,
  • attenuate,
  • erode,
  • downsize,
  • de-escalate,
  • become smaller,
  • impair,
  • abridge,
  • cut back,
  • truncate,
  • minify,
  • mitigate,
  • thin,
  • dilute,
  • drain,
  • minimize,
  • clip,
  • grow less,
  • take the sting out,
  • take the bite out,
  • take the edge off,
  • close,
  • soft-pedal,
  • roll back,
  • slack up,
  • degrade,
  • amputate,
  • crop,
  • taper,
  • narrow,
  • wind down,
  • taper off.
  •let up (verb)
  • fall,
  • relent,
  • release,
  • cease.
  •loaf (verb)
  • slack,
  • malinger,
  • let down,
  • fritter away,
  • fool around,
  • vegetate,
  • stroll,
  • goldbrick,
  • kill time,
  • dream,
  • shirk,
  • dillydally,
  • trifle,
  • bum,
  • waste time,
  • idle,
  • drift,
  • saunter,
  • lie,
  • loll,
  • lounge,
  • evade.
  •mire (verb)
  • flounder,
  • enmesh,
  • cling,
  • ensnare,
  • tangle,
  • soil,
  • dirty,
  • involve,
  • entrap,
  • embroil,
  • trap,
  • snare,
  • implicate,
  • stick.
  •obstruct (verb)
  • obscure,
  • stopper,
  • hide,
  • plug,
  • fill,
  • mask,
  • barricade,
  • congest,
  • shield,
  • foul up,
  • crab.
  •peter (verb)
  • tail away.
  •reduce (verb)
  • deflate,
  • step down,
  • chop,
  • depress,
  • pauperize,
  • slim,
  • recede,
  • shorten,
  • pare,
  • break,
  • rebate,
  • turn down,
  • diet,
  • cheapen,
  • bankrupt,
  • debase,
  • trim,
  • shave,
  • discount,
  • impoverish,
  • ruin.
  •rein (verb)
  • collect,
  • compose,
  • restrict.
  •relax (verb)
  • loose,
  • Untighten,
  • remit,
  • loosen,
  • lax,
  • relieve.
  •retard (verb)
  • back off,
  • postpone,
  • defer,
  • take down,
  • hesitate,
  • down,
  • flag,
  • crimp,
  • falter.
  •set back (verb)
  • defeat,
  • reverse,
  • embog.
  •slack/slacken (verb)
  • dodge,
  • neglect,
  • tire.
  •stall (verb)
  • quibble,
  • temporize,
  • hedge,
  • stand,
  • filibuster,
  • prevaricate,
  • die,
  • equivocate,
  • still,
  • avoid the issue,
  • fence.
  •strike (verb)
  • quit,
  • stick out,
  • resist,
  • negotiate,
  • mutiny,
  • arbitrate,
  • mediate.
  •unwind (verb)
  • quieten,
  • sit back,
  • take a break,
  • quiet down,
  • recline.
  •weaken (verb)
  • enervate,
  • adulterate,
  • sap,
  • wilt,
  • languish,
  • limp,
  • lose,
  • lose spirit,
  • devitalize,
  • vitiate,
  • faint,
  • thin out,
  • tremble,
  • fail,
  • water down,
  • invalidate,
  • exhaust,
  • cripple,
  • undermine,
  • debilitate,
  • break up,
  • relapse,
  • give way,
  • totter.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • throttle back,
  • take five.
  •bog down
  • Sank,
  • slowed down,
  • slowed up.
  •catch one's breath
  • stop for breath.
  •decrease
  • peter,
  • dying down,
  • petering out,
  • slacking off,
  • downing,
  • dried up,
  • Downs,
  • downed,
  • drying up,
  • Waned,
  • wears away,
  • tailing off,
  • dies down,
  • wearing away,
  • ran low,
  • died down.
  •fall behind
  • drop behind.
  •hold up
  • Prorogued,
  • prorogues,
  • Proroguing,
  • held up.
  •lessen
  • soft pedal,
  • take sting out,
  • tapers,
  • became smaller,
  • deescalated,
  • deescalate,
  • deescalating,
  • Minifying,
  • winding down,
  • tapers off,
  • Minified,
  • grows less,
  • lessening.
  •pause
  • breath.
  •relax
  • relaxes,
  • laxes,
  • laxing,
  • unwind,
  • laxed.
  •retard
  • set-back.
  •unwind
  • taking a break,
  • quieted down.
  •weaken
  • giving way,
  • thinning out,
  • gave way,
  • Limped.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cut corners,
  • contain,
  • obtund,
  • dampen,
  • unlax,
  • qualify,
  • deadlock,
  • lay,
  • assuage,
  • prohibit,
  • picket,
  • downplay,
  • govern,
  • allay,
  • sober,
  • temper,
  • dull,
  • play down,
  • straiten,
  • retrench,
  • easy,
  • de-emphasize,
  • revolt,
  • damp,
  • cool,
  • rest,
  • chasten,
  • underplay,
  • keep within bounds,
  • hold fast,
  • close out,
  • bank the fire,
  • wind,
  • walk out,
  • lock out,
  • hold out,
  • lose ground,
  • reduce the temperature,
  • stifle,
  • lose speed,
  • lenify,
  • smother,
  • tune down,
  • alleviate,
  • let up on,
  • deaden,
  • palliate,
  • hold at bay,
  • blunt,
  • backwater,
  • subdue,
  • slowness,
  • clip the wings,
  • apply the brake,
  • enjoin,
  • boycott,
  • tone down,
  • throttle,
  • keep from,
  • attemper,
  • guard,
  • pull,
  • cool off,
  • keep,
  • keep in,
  • modulate,
  • reef,
  • extenuate,
  • slacken off,
  • backpedal,
  • keep in check,
  • draw rein,
  • breathe easily.

Antonyms for Slow down:

• v.

  • bog down
    advance, forward, help.
  • brake
    free, assist, accelerate, continue, push, permit, aid, liberate, encourage, allow, unblock, open, let go, promote.
  • check
    abet, support, expedite, welcome, release, facilitate, indulge, approve, include.
  • cumber
    relieve.
  • decrease
    enlarge, upset, compliment, expand, increase, raise, laud, prolong, improve, ascend, irritate, strengthen, extend, build, add, develop, rise, praise, go up, grow, lengthen.
  • detain
    offer, give.
  • drag
    complete, rush, go, speed, run, hasten, leave, finish, hurry.
  • encumber
    benefit, please, clear, unburden, make happy, exonerate, gladden, boost, further.
  • hamper
    loose, unfasten, untie, explain, loosen.
  • impede
    comfort, soothe, unclog.
  • lessen
    intensify, stretch, worsen.
  • loaf
    meet, work hard, DO, labor, face, achieve, energize.
  • mire
    exclude, uncomplicate, untwist, remove, clean, untangle.
  • obstruct
    reveal, begin, Unstop, uncover, start, unmask, unplug, lay bare.
  • peter
    pour.
  • reduce
    enhance, upgrade, win, amplify, invigorate.
  • rein
    scatter, disperse.
  • relax
    excite, tense, worry, agitate, incite.
  • retard
    persevere, maintain.
  • slack/slacken
    tighten, stiffen.
  • stall
    carry out.
  • strike
    pass up, not touch, tap, obey, miss, comply, lose.
  • unwind
    ready, twist, wind, prepare, tangle.
  • weaken
    purify, succeed, refresh, build up, animate, activate, aggravate.
  • Other antonyms:
    tense up, quicken.

Homophones for Slow down:

• salutation, saltation, saltine, slowdown, solution, slide down, schleiden, soliton, Saladin, swill down, sultan, sultana, salt mine, schooltime, seldom, skeleton, scale down.