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slow

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of slow

1 moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

because of the holiday, traffic to the beach was particularly slow

slow readers

Synonyms of slow

crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), sluggish, snaillike, snail-paced, tardy, unhurried

Words Related to slow

deliberate, measured

inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging

lingering, loitering, tarrying

ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed

decelerating, slowing

filibustering, procrastinating, stalling

Near Antonyms of slow

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, quickened

hurried, rushed

Antonyms of slow

barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping

2 not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

we love our bulldog though he's a little slower than our German shepherd

Synonyms of slow

airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless

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cretinous, feebleminded, simpleminded

boobish, foolish, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic

ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinking

absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), zany

fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable

Near Antonyms of slow

ingenious, resourceful

acute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wise

cerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-read

educated, informed, schooled, skilled, trained

crafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wily

judicious, prudent, sane, sensible, sound

logical, rational, reasonable, valid

Antonyms of slow

apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart

3 lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation

a slow day on Wall Street

Synonyms of slow

comatose, dead, sleepy

Words Related to slow

lethargic, sluggish, torpid

dormant, fallow, free, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent, off, vacant

Near Antonyms of slow

abounding, overflowing, swarming, teeming, thronging

Antonyms of slow

alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, flourishing, humming, lively, thriving, vibrant

4 causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest

the first half of the movie is slow, but then it gets exciting

Synonyms of slow

arid, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying

Words Related to slow

aseptic, barren, blah, dullish, pleasureless, prosaic, prosy, soggy, spiritless

blank, earthbound, gray (also grey), inanimate, pallid, pedantic, sterile, suspenseless, undramatic, uneventful, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacular

annoying, bothersome, irksome, irritating

draining, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, wearing

debilitating, enfeebling

demoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting

common, commonplace, ordinary, tepid, unexceptional, unsurprising, vapid

cumbersome, lumbering, plodding, poky (or pokey)

Near Antonyms of slow

amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), sensational, spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrous

animating, breathtaking, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, hair-raising, inspiring, invigorating, rip-roaring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling

amusing, diverting, entertaining

moving, poignant, touching

alluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating

mesmerizing, spellbinding

arresting, provocative, tantalizing

Antonyms of slow

absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting

slow

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of slow

at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected

you need to go slow with this experiment, or you'll make mistakes

Synonyms of slow

laggardly, leisurely, pokily, slowly, sluggishly, tardily

Words Related to slow

carefully, cautiously, deliberately, purposefully

heavily, ploddingly

Near Antonyms of slow

immediately, posthaste, presto, promptly, pronto, readily, soon

impetuously, impulsively, rashly, recklessly

abruptly, suddenly

Antonyms of slow

apace, briskly, fast, fleetly, full tilt, hastily, meteorically, quick, quickly, rapidly, snappily, speedily, swift, swiftly

slow

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of slow

to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace

if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon

Synonyms of slow

brake, decelerate, retard, slacken

Words Related to slow

encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, obstruct, set back, tie up

arrest, check, constrain, curb, rein, restrain

baffle, foil, frustrate, sabotage, thwart

Near Antonyms of slow

drive, encourage, goad, propel, push, spur, stir, urge

advance, aid, dispatch, ease, expedite, facilitate, forward, further, help

Antonyms of slow

accelerate, hasten, hurry, quicken, rush, speed (up), step up

Synonym Discussion of slow

delay, retard, slow, slacken, detain mean to cause to be late or behind in movement or progress. delay implies a holding back, usually by interference, from completion or arrival.

- bad weather delayed our arrival

retard suggests reduction of speed without actual stopping.

- language barriers retarded their progress

slow and slacken also imply a reduction of speed, slow often suggesting deliberate intention

- medication slowed the patient's heart rate

, slacken an easing up or relaxing of power or effort.

- on hot days runners slacken their pace

detain implies a holding back beyond a reasonable or appointed time.

- unexpected business had detained her

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