Definition for Slow up:

• cause to proceed more slowly; " The illness slowed him down"

Synonyms for Slow up:

• n.

  •bog down (noun)
  • bog.
  •slack (noun)
  • leeway,
  • give,
  • play,
  • room,
  • slow-up.
  •slowdown (noun)
  • inactivity,
  • drop-off,
  • downtrend,
  • downturn,
  • falloff,
  • decline,
  • stagnation,
  • strike.
  •slow up (noun)
  • slack.

• v.

  •bog down (verb)
  • sink,
  • slow down,
  • halt,
  • decelerate,
  • hang up,
  • slacken,
  • impede,
  • stall,
  • set back,
  • delay.
  •change (verb)
  • slow,
  • slow up.
  •detain (verb)
  • hold up,
  • inhibit,
  • restrain,
  • run in,
  • hinder,
  • put away,
  • jail,
  • constrain,
  • pinch,
  • intern,
  • ice,
  • apprehend,
  • reserve,
  • nab,
  • pick up,
  • bust,
  • confine,
  • check,
  • pull in.
  •lag (verb)
  • idle,
  • straggle,
  • diminish,
  • plod,
  • hobble,
  • hang back,
  • loiter,
  • tool,
  • falter,
  • put off,
  • flag,
  • fall off,
  • procrastinate,
  • dally,
  • linger,
  • stay,
  • fail,
  • shuffle,
  • poke,
  • drag,
  • tarry,
  • ebb,
  • decrease,
  • trail,
  • slouch,
  • stagger,
  • saunter,
  • lounge,
  • limp,
  • trudge,
  • jelly,
  • wane,
  • tail,
  • dawdle,
  • inch,
  • dillydally.
  •mire (verb)
  • entangle,
  • implicate,
  • embroil,
  • cling,
  • snare,
  • flounder,
  • involve,
  • enmesh,
  • tangle,
  • stick,
  • dirty,
  • soil,
  • ensnare,
  • trap,
  • entrap.
  •retard (verb)
  • down,
  • reduce,
  • loaf,
  • take down,
  • hamper,
  • balk,
  • lessen,
  • crimp,
  • clog,
  • choke,
  • let up,
  • fetter,
  • shut off,
  • defer,
  • postpone,
  • baffle,
  • back off,
  • shut down,
  • handicap,
  • hesitate,
  • encumber.
  •set back (verb)
  • defeat,
  • embog,
  • reverse.
  •shelve (verb)
  • mothball,
  • hold off,
  • prorogue,
  • drop,
  • lay aside,
  • waive,
  • pigeonhole,
  • put on back burner,
  • freeze,
  • put aside,
  • suspend,
  • give up,
  • sideline,
  • put on ice,
  • hold over,
  • table,
  • scrub,
  • dismiss,
  • prolong,
  • put on hold.

• Other synonyms:

  •bog down
  • slackens,
  • Slackened,
  • slowed down,
  • slowed up,
  • Sank,
  • slackening,
  • impeded.
  •shelve
  • sidelined,
  • prorogues,
  • mothballed,
  • Prorogued,
  • lays aside,
  • laid aside,
  • Shelving,
  • Proroguing,
  • held over,
  • putting on hold,
  • mothballs,
  • mothballing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • lagging,
  • dragging,
  • interim,
  • arrest,
  • letdown,
  • respite,
  • draw rein,
  • red-tapery,
  • moderate,
  • stop,
  • take it easy,
  • hang-up,
  • deceleration,
  • ease up,
  • retardation,
  • slacken off,
  • afterthought,
  • reef,
  • letup,
  • detention,
  • obstruction,
  • logjam,
  • brake,
  • lose ground,
  • backwater,
  • slowdown,
  • relax,
  • slowing,
  • slowness,
  • bind,
  • throttle,
  • time lag,
  • tie up,
  • abate,
  • backpedal,
  • taper,
  • curb,
  • block,
  • hold back,
  • wait,
  • slack off,
  • flagging,
  • rein,
  • hindrance,
  • reprieve,
  • lose speed,
  • moratorium,
  • ease off,
  • blockage,
  • suspension,
  • Retardment,
  • setback,
  • rein in,
  • bureaucratic delay,
  • red-tapeism,
  • keep back,
  • jam,
  • obstruct,
  • slowup,
  • stay of execution,
  • pause,
  • slack up,
  • reduce speed,
  • clip the wings,
  • let down,
  • hold,
  • holdup,
  • stoppage.

Antonyms for Slow up:

• n.

  • slack
    stiffness, rigidity, tightness, tautness.
  • slowdown
    breakthrough, speed-up.

• v.

  • bog down
    advance, help, forward.
  • detain
    free, facilitate, give, allow, permit, offer, aid, assist, liberate, release, let go, push.
  • lag
    hasten, hurry, go, increase, rise, grow, develop, finish, DO, rush, raise, complete, leave, enlarge, tiptoe, run, expand.
  • mire
    exclude, uncomplicate, untangle, clean, remove, untwist.
  • retard
    maintain, promote, expedite, continue, strengthen, persevere, further, speed, unblock, encourage.
  • shelve
    carry out, go ahead.
  • Other antonyms:
    quicken.

Homophones for Slow up:

• shlep, slap, slip off, shelve, slob, salve, solvay, slipway, schlep, slip-up, syllabub, sulfa, selloff, salvo, sloppy, sleep, scalp, sea wolf, silva, sea scallop, scale leaf, salp, salpa, shelfy, slap-up, sleep off, sell off, sylph, social phobia, swallow up, skylab, slaphappy, slip by, slip away, saliva, slip, selva, sick leave, slip up, sexual love, swell up, sclaff, salvia, slope, silvia, sleepy, slab, slub, solfa, ski slope, sloop, scallop, slop, school phobia, syllabify, sylva, shelf, slave, soil pipe, slav, sell up, schoolboy, scale up, scollop, shelvy, slavey, seal off, solve, sleeve, sulpha, slippy, self, sillabub.

Hypernym for Slow up:

• v.

  • change
    bog down, bog, constipate, clog.

Hyponym for Slow up:

• v.

  • change
    slow, decelerate, slow down, slow up, retard.