Entry Word: slowdown

Function: noun

Meaning: a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something <disease experts are encouraged by the recent slowdown in the spread of the virus>

Synonyms braking, deceleration, letup, retardation, retarding

Related Words decline, drop, slump; ebb, remission, retreat, wane; flagging, weakening; arrest, check, halt, stoppage; collapse, crash, fall, plunge

Antonyms acceleration, hastening, quickening