Related Words for slow

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slowly
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Adverb
retard
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Adverb, Verb, Noun
tedious
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Noun, Adjective
sluggish
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Adjective, Adjective
slack
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
wearisome
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Noun, Adjective
lazy
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Adjective, Adjective
tiresome
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Adjective, Adjective
decelerate
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Adjective, Verb
dim
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Verb, Adjective
dense
/
Adjective, Adjective
easy
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Adjective, Adjective
dilatory
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Adjective, Adjective
dumb
/
Adjective, Adjective
irksome
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Adjective, Adjective
slacken
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Adjective, Verb
behind
x/
Verb, Adjective
dawdling
/x
Adjective, Noun
obtuse
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Noun, Adjective
stupid
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Adjective, Adjective
crawling
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Adjective, Noun
dragging
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dull
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Verb, Adjective
deadening
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Adjective, Noun
uninteresting
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Noun, Adjective
boring
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
inactive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
pokey
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Adjective, Adjective
andante
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Adjective, Adjective
adagio
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
largo
/x
Adjective, Adjective
fast
/
Noun, Noun
quicken
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Name, Name
speed
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Noun, Noun
steady
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Adjective
rapid
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Adjective
plodding
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Verb
gradual
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Adjective
painfully
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Adverb
swift
/
Noun
accelerated
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Adjective
quick
/
Adjective
clumsy
/x
Adjective
inefficient
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Adjective
inexorable
x/xxx
Adjective
excruciatingly
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Adverb
speedy
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Adjective
deliberate
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Adjective
heavy
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Adjective
lagging
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Noun
abrupt
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Adjective
laborious
x/xx
Adjective
languid
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Adjective
sloppy
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Adjective
clunky
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Adjective
erratic
x/x
Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
hasty
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Adjective
breakneck
/x
Noun
ponderous
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Adjective
uneven
x/x
Adjective
prolonged
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Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
cumbersome
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Adjective
halting
/x
Noun
relentless
x/x
Adjective
smooth
/
Adjective
frustratingly
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Adverb
long
/
Adjective
choppy
/x
Adjective
methodical
x/xx
Adjective
lackluster
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Adjective
unusually
x/xxx
Adverb
unhurried
x/x
Adjective
slowdown
/x
Noun
delayed
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Adjective
awfully
/x
Adverb
gentle
/x
Adjective
jumpy
/x
Adjective
repetitive
x/xx
Adjective
stagnant
/x
Adjective
languorous
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Adjective
trickle
/x
Noun
sporadic
x/x
Adjective
hurry
/x
Noun
tardy
/x
Adjective
inert
x/
Adjective
sullen
/x
Adjective
backward
/x
Adjective
static
/x
Adjective
late
/
Adjective
slow on the uptake
//x/x
Phrase, Adjective
restive
/x
Adjective
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
remiss
x/
Adjective
lame
/
Noun
listless
/x
Adjective
feeble
/x
Adjective
bogged
/
Verb
indolent
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Adjective
passive
/x
Adjective
languishing
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Adjective
recumbent
x/x
Adjective
stale
/
Noun
flat
/
Adjective
ungainly
x/x
Adjective
descending
x/x
Verb
flaccid
/x
Adjective
paralyzed
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Verb
insidious
x/xx
Adjective
bumbling
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Adjective
faint
/
Adjective
halfhearted
/xx
Adjective
reticent
/xx
Adjective
cold
/
Noun
stopped
/
Verb
timid
/x
Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective
vague
/
Adjective
slippery
/xx
Adjective
laid up
//
Phrase, Adjective
blunt
/
Name
drifting
/x
Verb
close
/
Adjective
short
/
Adjective
constipated
/xxx
Adjective
stubborn
/x
Adjective
relaxed
x/
Adjective
retardant
x/x
Noun
unmotivated
x/xxx
Adjective
supine
x/
Adjective
soft
/
Adjective
impotent
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Adjective
drooped
/
Verb
uneasy
x/x
Adjective
transient
/x
Noun
clogged
/
Adjective
deferred
x/
Adjective
frail
/
Adjective
senescent
x/x
Noun
unwieldy
x/x
Adjective
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective
faltering
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Adjective
humdrum
/x
Noun
powerless
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Adjective
cooker
/x
Noun
quicksand
/x
Verb
belated
x/x
Verb
moving
/x
Noun
jog
/
Noun
learner
/x
Noun
strangulation
xx/x
Noun
neutrons
/x
Noun
tempos
/x
Noun
wisely
/x
Adverb
simmer
/x
Noun
footing
/x
Verb
trot
/
Noun
drip
/
Noun
fade
/
Noun
canter
/x
Noun
waltz
/
Noun
ebbing
/x
Verb
pace
/
Noun
shuffle
/x
Noun
boil
/
Noun
anemic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
apace
x/
Adverb
bandwidth
/x
Noun
bog down
//
Phrase, Verb
brisk
/
Adjective, Verb
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
chronic
/x
Adjective, Noun
consuming
x/x
Adjective, Noun
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
curtail
x/
Verb, Noun
dampen
/x
Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
detain
x/
Verb
difficult
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Adjective, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
draw
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Verb, Noun
driving
/x
Noun, Adjective
ease
/
Noun, Verb
expeditious
xx/x
Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
few
/
Noun
flight
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
glacial
/x
Adjective, Noun
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hamper
/x
Verb, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hesitant
/xx
Adjective
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
hollow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
impede
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Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
inner
/x
Adjective, Noun
jerky
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
keen
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
leisurely
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
lengthen
/x
Verb
lengthy
/x
Adjective
lens
/
Noun, Verb
lent
/
Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
mitigate
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Verb
moderate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
modest
/x
Adjective
motion
/x
Noun, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
old
/
Adjective, Noun
painstaking
/xx
Noun, Adjective
passing
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prism
/x
Noun
protracted
x/x
Adjective
queer
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
quiet
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
rein
/
Noun, Verb
rem
/
Noun, Adjective
restrain
x/
Verb
shy
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sinking
/x
Noun
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
snail
/
Noun, Verb
soften
/x
Verb
spontaneous
x/xx
Adjective
spring
/
Noun, Verb
stall
/
Noun, Verb
stately
/x
Adjective, Adverb
stem
/
Noun, Verb
superficial
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
sweet
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
take
/
Verb, Noun
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
time
/
Noun, Verb
tiptoe
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
torpid
/x
Adjective, Noun
triple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
turtle
/x
Noun, Verb
unstoppable
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Adjective
vehicular
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Adjective
walk
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective