What is another word for slow down?
491 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ slˈə͡ʊ dˈa͡ʊn], [ slˈəʊ dˈaʊn], [ s_l_ˈəʊ d_ˈaʊ_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for slow down:- bog down (noun)
- decompress (noun)
- slow down (noun)
- bog down (verb)
- brake (verb)
- catch one's breath (verb)
- check (verb)
- cumber (verb)
- decrease (verb)
- detain (verb)
- drag (verb)
- encumber (verb)
- hamper (verb)
- hold up (verb)
- impede (verb)
- lessen (verb)
- let up (verb)
- loaf (verb)
- mire (verb)
- obstruct (verb)
- peter (verb)
- reduce (verb)
- rein (verb)
- relax (verb)
- retard (verb)
- set back (verb)
- slack/slacken (verb)
- stall (verb)
- strike (verb)
- unwind (verb)
- weaken (verb)
- other synonyms
- bog down
- catch one's breath
- decrease
- fall behind
- hold up
- lessen
- pause
- relax
- retard
- unwind
- weaken
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Slow down:
n.
•bog down (noun)- bog.
v.
•bog down (verb) •brake (verb) •catch one's breath (verb) •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.
- 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.
- ice,
- pick up,
- intern,
- put away,
- nab,
- jail,
- pinch,
- confine,
- run in,
- pull in,
- bust,
- reserve,
- apprehend.
- dawdle,
- hang,
- straggle,
- loiter,
- poke,
- creep,
- mark time,
- traipse,
- linger,
- dally,
- put off,
- inch,
- shuffle,
- lag,
- crawl,
- procrastinate,
- sag,
- stagnate,
- shamble,
- tarry.
- oppress,
- embarrass,
- overburden,
- load,
- incommode,
- lade,
- weight,
- handicap,
- charge,
- cramp,
- saddle,
- discommode,
- tax,
- overload,
- inconvenience,
- weigh down,
- hog-tie,
- clog.
- disconcert,
- faze,
- discomfit,
- shut off,
- rattle,
- stonewall,
- freeze,
- disrupt,
- shut down,
- deter,
- cut off,
- oppose.
- 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.
- 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.
- flounder,
- enmesh,
- cling,
- ensnare,
- tangle,
- soil,
- dirty,
- involve,
- entrap,
- embroil,
- trap,
- snare,
- implicate,
- stick.
- deflate,
- step down,
- chop,
- depress,
- pauperize,
- slim,
- recede,
- shorten,
- pare,
- break,
- rebate,
- turn down,
- diet,
- cheapen,
- bankrupt,
- debase,
- trim,
- shave,
- discount,
- impoverish,
- ruin.
- quibble,
- temporize,
- hedge,
- stand,
- filibuster,
- prevaricate,
- die,
- equivocate,
- still,
- avoid the issue,
- fence.
- 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:
•bog down •catch one's 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.
- soft pedal,
- take sting out,
- tapers,
- became smaller,
- deescalated,
- deescalate,
- deescalating,
- Minifying,
- winding down,
- tapers off,
- Minified,
- grows less,
- lessening.
- 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:
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v.
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brake
free, assist, accelerate, continue, push, permit, aid, liberate, encourage, allow, unblock, open, let go, promote.
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cumber
relieve.
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decrease
enlarge, upset, compliment, expand, increase, raise, laud, prolong, improve, ascend, irritate, strengthen, extend, build, add, develop, rise, praise, go up, grow, lengthen.
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peter
pour.
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reduce
enhance, upgrade, win, amplify, invigorate.
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stall
carry out.
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brake
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.