Synonyms for Slowing down:

• v.

  •bog down (verb)
  • halt,
  • slow down,
  • impede,
  • detain,
  • sink,
  • slow up,
  • delay,
  • stall,
  • hang up,
  • retard,
  • slacken,
  • set back,
  • decelerate.
  •brake (verb)
  • dam,
  • hinder,
  • block,
  • moderate,
  • bar,
  • stop,
  • reduce speed,
  • obstruct,
  • slow.
  •catch one's breath (verb)
  • recuperate,
  • take ten,
  • breathe,
  • stop for a breath,
  • mellow out.
  •check (verb)
  • cut short,
  • withhold,
  • checkmate,
  • prevent,
  • stay,
  • arrest,
  • curb,
  • play for time,
  • hold down,
  • neutralize,
  • interrupt,
  • thwart,
  • discourage,
  • bit,
  • preclude,
  • harness,
  • inhibit,
  • repress,
  • hold back,
  • keep back,
  • baffle,
  • rebuff,
  • reduce,
  • bridle,
  • counteract,
  • hold in,
  • hold,
  • squelch,
  • repulse,
  • tame,
  • snub,
  • limit,
  • pause,
  • circumvent,
  • constrain,
  • terminate,
  • suppress,
  • frustrate,
  • nip in the bud,
  • control,
  • bottleneck,
  • foil,
  • rein in,
  • slacken pace,
  • obviate,
  • choke.
  •cumber (verb)
  • burden,
  • trouble.
  •decrease (verb)
  • subside,
  • drop,
  • quell,
  • depreciate,
  • lessen,
  • decline,
  • evaporate,
  • soften,
  • contract,
  • fade,
  • wear down,
  • dwindle,
  • slump,
  • wither,
  • lose edge,
  • settle,
  • waste,
  • degenerate,
  • curtail,
  • modify,
  • slack off,
  • drop off,
  • cut down,
  • wane,
  • devaluate,
  • deteriorate,
  • crumble,
  • check,
  • slash,
  • shrivel,
  • quiet,
  • narrow down,
  • weaken,
  • shrink,
  • lower,
  • peter out,
  • abate,
  • fall off,
  • run low,
  • decay,
  • ebb,
  • dry up,
  • restrain,
  • let up,
  • die down,
  • ease,
  • wear away,
  • lighten,
  • tail off,
  • diminish,
  • calm down,
  • droop.
  •detain (verb)
  • confine,
  • buttonhole,
  • intern,
  • apprehend,
  • hold up,
  • pinch,
  • send up,
  • nab,
  • bust,
  • put away,
  • ice,
  • mire,
  • reserve,
  • run in,
  • pick up,
  • jail,
  • bog down,
  • pull in.
  •drag (verb)
  • inch,
  • limp along,
  • poke,
  • loiter,
  • lag behind,
  • shamble,
  • be delayed,
  • procrastinate,
  • tarry,
  • traipse,
  • hang,
  • put off,
  • stagnate,
  • encounter difficulty,
  • linger,
  • lag,
  • straggle,
  • creep,
  • dally,
  • crawl,
  • sag,
  • be quiescent,
  • shuffle,
  • trail behind,
  • mark time,
  • dawdle.
  •encumber (verb)
  • handicap,
  • incommode,
  • trammel,
  • cramp,
  • weigh down,
  • charge,
  • overburden,
  • clog,
  • load,
  • overload,
  • hamper,
  • inconvenience,
  • embarrass,
  • hog-tie,
  • saddle with,
  • discommode,
  • oppress,
  • saddle,
  • tax,
  • weight,
  • make difficult,
  • lade.
  •hamper (verb)
  • encumber,
  • drag one's feet,
  • hamstring,
  • balk,
  • entangle,
  • stymie,
  • get in the way,
  • shackle,
  • cumber,
  • tie,
  • fetter,
  • leash,
  • tie up,
  • tie one's hands,
  • interfere with,
  • hobble,
  • bind,
  • cramp one's style.
  •hold up (verb)
  • prorogue,
  • suspend,
  • hold off,
  • waive,
  • interfere.
  •impede (verb)
  • faze,
  • flag one,
  • shut off,
  • discomfit,
  • stonewall,
  • shut down,
  • rattle,
  • deter,
  • freeze,
  • disconcert,
  • cut off,
  • brake,
  • blow whistle on,
  • disrupt,
  • oppose,
  • close off.
  •lessen (verb)
  • abridge,
  • erode,
  • take the bite out,
  • take the sting out,
  • close,
  • roll back,
  • slack up,
  • wind down,
  • attenuate,
  • decrease,
  • grow less,
  • de-escalate,
  • dilute,
  • minimize,
  • minify,
  • degrade,
  • cut back,
  • impair,
  • taper,
  • amputate,
  • truncate,
  • drain,
  • become smaller,
  • thin,
  • take the edge off,
  • clip,
  • crop,
  • mitigate,
  • soft-pedal,
  • narrow,
  • taper off,
  • downsize,
  • cut.
  •let up (verb)
  • ease off,
  • fall,
  • die out,
  • ease up,
  • cease,
  • release,
  • relent.
  •loaf (verb)
  • loll,
  • shirk,
  • fritter away,
  • dream,
  • be unoccupied,
  • hang out,
  • bum,
  • vegetate,
  • stand around,
  • lounge,
  • drift,
  • fool around,
  • kill time,
  • let down,
  • malinger,
  • dillydally,
  • stroll,
  • relax,
  • waste time,
  • saunter,
  • not lift a finger,
  • knock around,
  • evade,
  • be inactive,
  • trifle,
  • sit around,
  • idle,
  • slack,
  • be indolent,
  • while away hours,
  • bum around,
  • lie,
  • piddle,
  • pass time,
  • lounge around,
  • be slothful,
  • goldbrick,
  • laze,
  • take it easy,
  • twiddle thumbs.
  •mire (verb)
  • ensnare,
  • implicate,
  • embroil,
  • enmesh,
  • dirty,
  • cling,
  • flounder,
  • involve,
  • snare,
  • entrap,
  • soil,
  • tangle,
  • trap,
  • stick.
  •obstruct (verb)
  • foul up,
  • fill,
  • plug,
  • sandbag,
  • mask,
  • barricade,
  • shield,
  • throttle,
  • monkey with,
  • congest,
  • crab,
  • stopper,
  • occlude,
  • hide,
  • obscure.
  •peter (verb)
  • tail away.
  •reduce (verb)
  • mark down,
  • pauperize,
  • bant,
  • depress,
  • recede,
  • rebate,
  • trim,
  • scale down,
  • diet,
  • turn down,
  • shorten,
  • impoverish,
  • debase,
  • shave,
  • step down,
  • slim,
  • bankrupt,
  • lose weight,
  • pare,
  • take off weight,
  • break,
  • go on a diet,
  • ruin,
  • deflate,
  • nutshell,
  • cheapen,
  • discount,
  • tone down,
  • chop.
  •rein (verb)
  • cool,
  • collect,
  • compose,
  • restrict,
  • smother,
  • simmer down.
  •relax (verb)
  • loosen,
  • loose,
  • lose speed,
  • modulate,
  • lax,
  • Untighten,
  • remit,
  • relieve.
  •retard (verb)
  • defer,
  • flag,
  • choke off,
  • crimp,
  • bog,
  • back off,
  • falter,
  • hesitate,
  • loaf,
  • down,
  • postpone,
  • retardate,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • take down.
  •set back (verb)
  • reverse,
  • embog,
  • defeat.
  •slack/slacken (verb)
  • neglect,
  • lay back,
  • featherbed,
  • tire,
  • dodge,
  • lie down on job,
  • goof off.
  •stall (verb)
  • prevaricate,
  • take one's time,
  • temporize,
  • fence,
  • stand off,
  • still,
  • stand still,
  • equivocate,
  • quibble,
  • filibuster,
  • avoid the issue,
  • beat around the bush,
  • not move,
  • hedge,
  • stand,
  • die.
  •strike (verb)
  • boycott,
  • hit the bricks,
  • sit in,
  • go on strike,
  • negotiate,
  • revolt,
  • arbitrate,
  • be on strike,
  • hold out,
  • picket,
  • quit,
  • resist,
  • mediate,
  • stick out,
  • mutiny,
  • sit down,
  • refuse to work.
  •unwind (verb)
  • quieten,
  • rest,
  • quiet down,
  • recline,
  • loosen up,
  • sit back,
  • take a break.
  •weaken (verb)
  • fail,
  • lose spirit,
  • languish,
  • thin out,
  • sap,
  • debilitate,
  • limp,
  • temper,
  • exhaust,
  • faint,
  • give way,
  • cripple,
  • tremble,
  • undermine,
  • invalidate,
  • water down,
  • wilt,
  • lose,
  • adulterate,
  • enervate,
  • devitalize,
  • break up,
  • relapse,
  • totter,
  • vitiate.

Antonyms for Slowing down:

• v.

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